Description
Advocating a gender-inclusive approach to the history of work, this book both counts and accounts for women's as well as men's economic activity. Showcasing novel conceptual, methodological and empirical perspectives, it highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of continuity and change in economic performance. Focusing on the period of European history (1500-1800) that generated unprecedented growth in the northwest - which, in turn, was linked to the global redistribution of resources and upon which industrialisation depended - the book spans key arenas in which women produced change: households, care, agriculture, rural manufacture, urban markets, migration, and war. The analysis refutes the stubborn contention of mainstream economic history that we can generalise about economic performance by focusing solely on the work of adult men and demonstrates that women were active agents in the early modern economy rather than passively affected by changes wrought upon them.
Highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of continuity and change in economic performance.
About the Author
Catriona Macleod is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Women and Enterprise in Glasgow, c.1740-1830 (forthcoming 2023) and is currently researching women's financial management, and the links between gender, poverty and work in eighteenth-century Scotland. Alexandra Shepard is Professor of Gender History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of several books and articles exploring gender difference and social change between 1550 and 1850. Winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2004) and the Leo Gershoy Award (2016), she is currently researching the links between carework, gender inequality, and social inequality during Britain's long eighteenth-century. Maria Agren is Professor of History at Uppsala University. She is the author of several books and articles on property, work and gender in the period 1600 to 1850. She is the leader of the Swedish Gender and Work research and infrastructure project and has been awarded many major grants for her work.
Book Information
ISBN 9781009359368
Author Catriona Macleod
Format Paperback
Page Count 259
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm
Highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of continuity and change in economic performance.
About the Author
Catriona Macleod is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Women and Enterprise in Glasgow, c.1740-1830 (forthcoming 2023) and is currently researching women's financial management, and the links between gender, poverty and work in eighteenth-century Scotland. Alexandra Shepard is Professor of Gender History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of several books and articles exploring gender difference and social change between 1550 and 1850. Winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2004) and the Leo Gershoy Award (2016), she is currently researching the links between carework, gender inequality, and social inequality during Britain's long eighteenth-century. Maria Agren is Professor of History at Uppsala University. She is the author of several books and articles on property, work and gender in the period 1600 to 1850. She is the leader of the Swedish Gender and Work research and infrastructure project and has been awarded many major grants for her work.
Book Information
ISBN 9781009359368
Author Catriona Macleod
Format Paperback
Page Count 259
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm
