Women in Business, 1700-1850

by Nicola Phillips

A reappraisal of the business enterprises of women in the long' eighteenth century, showing them to be more flourishing than previously thought.

Orthodox opinion is that in the long' eighteenth century women, especially of the middle classes, had very little involvement with business affairs and enterprises, and that as a group they were more usually characterised by their domestic roles. This book takes issue with this view, arguing that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184383183X
• ISBN13: 9781843831839
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"