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Fabricating women : the seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 /

A study of the seamstresses of late 17th and 18th-century France, who developed a quintessentially feminine occupation that became a major factor in the urban economy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crowston, Clare Haru, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.
Colección:Duke backfile
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Seamstresses and the culture of clothing in Old Regime France
  • From mending to modes: trade hierarchies and the labor market
  • Tools, techniques, and commercial practices
  • The royal government, guilds, and the seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence
  • The tailors and the seamstresses: corporate privilege, gender, and the law
  • Women's corporate self-government: the administration of the Parisian Seamstresses' Guild
  • Career paths in the seamstresses' trade: from apprenticeship to mistress-ship
  • Marriage, fortune and family: the world of the mistress seamstress
  • Making the new century: the seamstresses, fin et suite.