Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-century England : Engagement in the Urb...

by Jennifer Aston

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Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-century England : Engagement in the Urban Economy, Paperback by Aston, Jennifer, ISBN 3319809067, ISBN-13 9783319809069, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society. Sources including trade directories, census returns, probate records, newspapers, advertisements, and photographs are analysed and linked to demonstrate conclusively that women in nineteenth-century England were far more prevalent in business than previously acknowledged. Moreover, women were able to establish and expand their businesses far beyond the scope of inter-generational caretakers in sectors of the economy traditionally viewed as unfeminine, and acquire the assets and possessions that were necessary to secure middle-class status. These women serve as a powerful reminder that the middle-class woman’s retreat from economic activity during the nineteenth-century, so often accepted as axiomatic, was not the case. In fact, women continued to act as autonomous and independent entrepreneurs, and used business ownership as a platform to participate in the economic, philanthropic, and political public sphere.

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9783319809069
• Condition: Fine

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