| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in economic history
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Palgrave studies in economic history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Locating Female Business Owners in the Historiography -- Chapter 2: Women and their Businesses -- Chapter 3: Who was the Victorian Businesswoman? -- Chapter 4: The Social Network -- Chapter 5: Life After Death -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society. Sources including trade directories, census returns, probate records, newspapers, advertisements, and photographs are analysed and linked to demonstrate conclusively that women in nineteenth-century England were far more prevalent in business than previously acknowledged. Moreover, women were able to establish and expand their businesses far beyond the scope of inter-generational caretakers in sectors of the economy traditionally viewed as unfeminine, and acquire the assets and possessions that were necessary to secure middle-class status. These women serve as a powerful reminder that the middle-class woman retreat from economic activity during the nineteenth-century, so often accepted as axiomatic, was not the case. In fact, women continued to act as autonomous and independent entrepreneurs, and used business ownership as a platform to participate in the economic, philanthropic, and political public sphere. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Women-owned business enterprises -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women-owned business enterprises. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Businesswomen -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Businesswomen. |
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Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Economics. |
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Economics of industrial organisation. |
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Economic history. |
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Economic conditions. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Economic history. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 3319308793 9783319308791 (OCoLC)939531804 |
| ISBN |
9783319308807 (electronic book) |
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3319308807 (electronic book) |
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3319308793 |
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9783319308791 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-30880-7 |
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