Louder than words: ways of seeing women workers in eighteenth-century France

"Because eighteenth-century French trade law and corporate archives rarely mention women workers, Sheridan analyzes nearly two hundred period engravings to interpret women's roles in pre-industrial France. Images primarily from Diderot's Encyclopédie and Panckouke's 1777 suppleme...

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Main Author: Sheridan, Geraldine 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. Texas Tech Univ. Press 2009
Series:Fashioning the eighteenth century
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Because eighteenth-century French trade law and corporate archives rarely mention women workers, Sheridan analyzes nearly two hundred period engravings to interpret women's roles in pre-industrial France. Images primarily from Diderot's Encyclopédie and Panckouke's 1777 supplementary volume document women as workers, finishers, and managers in manufacturing, commerce, and the crafts"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"Because eighteenth-century French trade law and corporate archives rarely mention women workers, Sheridan analyzes nearly two hundred period engravings to interpret women's roles in pre-industrial France. Images primarily from Diderot's Encyclopédie and Panckouke's 1777 supplementary volume document women as workers, finishers, and managers in manufacturing, commerce, and the crafts"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XVI, 256 S. Ill. 29 cm
ISBN:9780896726222
0896726223

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