| Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620 Contributor(s): McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521846161 ISBN-13: 9780521846165 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 331.4 |
| LCCN: 2005620718 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.27 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using substantial new evidence to explore the diverse ways that English women participated in the market economy from 1300 to 1620, Marjorie McIntosh challenges traditional views of this "golden age" as well as more recent critiques. She argues that women's engagement in the market economy fluctuated widely under the pressures of demographic, economic, social and cultural change. Thus, although they enjoyed unprecedented opportunities following the plagues of 1348-49, these opportunities had largely eroded by the late sixteenth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston: - Marjorie K. McIntosh is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her previous publications include A Community Transformed: The Manor and Liberty of Havering, 1500 1620 (1991) and Controlling Misbehavior in England, 1370-1600 (1998). |