Women, Production, and Patriarchy in Late Medieval Cities (Women in Culture and Society) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Women, Production, and Patriarchy in Late Medieval Cities (Women in Culture and Society) Book

In this bold reinterpretation of Women's changing labor status during the late medieval and early modern period, Martha C. Howell argues that women's work was the product of the intersection of two systems, one cultural and one economic. Howell shows forcefully that patriarchal family structure, not capitalist development per se, was a decisive factor in determining women's work. Women could enjoy high labor status if they worked within a family production unit or if their labor did not interfere with their domestic responsibilities or threaten male control of a craft or trade.Read More

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  • 0226355047
  • 9780226355047
  • Howell
  • 1 September 1988
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 332
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