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The Business of Everyday Life

Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C. 1600-1900

The Business of Everyday Life( )
Author: Lemire, Beverly
Series title:Gender in History MUP Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7190-7222-2
Publication Date:Apr 2006
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $89.00
Book Description:

In times past, everyday business might mean making a trip to the pawnbroker, giving a loan to a trusted friend of selling off a coat, all to make ends meet. Both women and men engaged in this daily budgeting, but women's roles were especially important in achieving some level of comfort and avoiding penury. In some communities, the daily practices in place in the seventeenth century persisted into the twentieth, whilst other groups adopted new ways, such as using numbers to chart...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.012 Pounds



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