The Spinners and Weavers of Auffay: Rural Industry and the Sexual Division of Labor in a French Village

by Gay L. Gullickson

Book Overview

The cottage industry of France enjoyed enormous growth from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Through an intensive analysis of the social and economic impact of the expansion of this female-dominated industry, Gay Gullickson broadens our understanding of the variety and complexity of proto-industrial regions and of the proto-industrial processes. Focusing on the village of Auffay, located in the pays de Caux, a thriving agricultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521322804
• ISBN13: 9780521322805
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"