Crowston Fabricating Women

The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675–1791
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8306-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 528 Seiten

A study of the seamstresses of late 17th and 18th-century France, who developed a quintessentially feminine occupation that became a major factor in the urban economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crowston, Clare Haru

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Making the Goods

1. Seamstresses and the Culture of Clothing in Old Regime France

2. From Mending to modes: Trade Hierarchies and the Labor Market

3. Tools, Techniques, and Commercial Practices

Part Two: Making the Guilds

4. The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence

5. The Tailors and the Seamstresses: Corporate Privilege, Gender, and the Law

6. Women’s Corporate Self-Government: The Administration of the Parisian Seamstresses’ Guild

Part Three: Making the Mistresses

7. Career Paths in the Seamstresses’ Trade: From Apprenticeship to Mistress-ship

8. Marriage, Fortune, and Family: The World of the Mistress Seamstress

9. Making the New Century: The Seamstresses, fin et suite

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Clare Haru Crowston is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.