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Author Coffin, Judith G., 1952-

Title The Politics of Women's Work : the Paris Garment Trades, 1750-1915.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages).
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Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Cover; Part I: Redefining Gender and Work.
Summary Few issues attracted more attention in the nineteenth century than the ""problem"" of women's work, and few industries posed that problem more urgently than the booming garment industry in Paris. The seamstress represented the quintessential ""working girl, "" and the sewing machine the icon of ""modern"" femininity. The intense speculation and worry that swirled around both helped define many issues of gender and labor that concern us today. Here Judith Coffin presents a fascinating history of the Parisian garment industry, from the unraveling of the guilds in the late 1700s to the first mi.
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Subject Women clothing workers -- France -- Paris -- History.
Women clothing workers.
France -- Paris.
History.
Women -- Employment -- France -- Paris -- History.
Women -- Employment.
Clothing trade -- France -- Paris -- History.
Clothing trade.
Needlework industry and trade -- France -- Paris -- History.
Needlework industry and trade.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Coffin, Judith G. Politics of Women's Work : The Paris Garment Trades, 1750-1915. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN 9781400864324 (electronic book)
1400864321 (electronic book)