Women, business and finance in nineteenth-century Europe
Subtitle: rethinking separate spheres
By: edited by Robert Beachy, Beatrice Craig and Alastair Owens.
Contributors: Beachy, Robert.; Craig, Béatrice.; Owens, Alastair, 1971-
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781845201852; 9781845201845
Subjects: Businesswomen -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Women employees -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Self-employed women -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Finance -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Family-owned business enterprises -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Retail trade -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
Description: "International contributors take a new look at women's roles in finance and investment, family-owned businesses, retailing, service activities, and the artisanal trades. They reveal that elite and middle-class women often manipulated financial resources in a highly sophisticated manner. Family-owned businesses and retail trade geared to women, such as grocery and fashion, also offered women opportunities. Throughout, the book considers the impact of industrialization on women's economic agency and examines women in the accommodation business in London, female entrepreneurs in Italy, prostitutes in Germany, family businesses in Sweden, women in publishing in Spain and much more."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.