The Spinners and Weavers of Auffay
Subtitle: Rural Industry and the Sexual Division of Labor in a French Village
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780521522496
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Social history; Work & labour; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Europe; Europe - General; Women & Business; Business & Economics-Women & Business; History / Europe / General; Weavers--France--Auffay--History
First sentence: In the eighteenth century, travel and the transportation of crops and goods by road or water were laborious and time-consuming throughout Europe.