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Gender and Urban Development.

This innovative new book is overtly and explicitly about female agency in eighteenth-century European towns. However, it positions female activity and decisions unequivocally in an urban world of institutions, laws, regulations, customs and ideologies. Gender politics complicated and shaped the day-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simonton, Deborah
Otros Autores: Montenach, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge research in gender and history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This innovative new book is overtly and explicitly about female agency in eighteenth-century European towns. However, it positions female activity and decisions unequivocally in an urban world of institutions, laws, regulations, customs and ideologies. Gender politics complicated and shaped the day-to-day experiences of working women. Town rules and customs, as well as police and guilds' regulations, affected women's participation in the urban economy: most of the time, the formally recognized and legally accepted power of women - which is an essential component of female agency - was very.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (549 pages)
ISBN:9781136275036
1136275037