The Politics of Women's Work : the Paris Garment Trades, 1750-1915.

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Few issues attracted more attention in the nineteenth century than the ""problem"" of women's work, and few industries posed that problem more urgently than the booming garment industry in Paris. The seamstress represented the quintessential ""working girl, "&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coffin, Judith G., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Women clothing workers > France > Paris > History.
Women > Employment > France > Paris > History.
Clothing trade > France > Paris > History.
Needlework industry and trade > France > Paris > History.
Travailleuses du vêtement > France > Paris > Histoire.
Travaux à l'aiguille > Industrie > France > Paris > Histoire.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Clothing trade
Needlework industry and trade
Women clothing workers
Women > Employment
France > Paris
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Few issues attracted more attention in the nineteenth century than the ""problem"" of women's work, and few industries posed that problem more urgently than the booming garment industry in Paris. The seamstress represented the quintessential ""working girl, "" and the sewing machine the icon of ""modern"" femininity. The intense speculation and worry that swirled around both helped define many issues of gender and labor that concern us today. Here Judith Coffin presents a fascinating history of the Parisian garment industry, from the unraveling of the guilds in the late 1700s to the first mi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages)
ISBN:9781400864324
1400864321
9781306984294
1306984297

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