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Victoria E. Thompson is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of The Virtuous Marketplace: Women and Men, Money and Politics in Paris, 1830-1870 (2000), Women in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2004), along with Rachel Fuchs, and Inventing Public Space: Paris, 1748-1790 (forthcoming).

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List of Figures General Editors’ Preface Contributor Notes Introduction – Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 1. The Economy of Work – Ludovic Frobert (CNRS, France) and François Jarrige (University of Burgundy, France) Translated by Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 2. Picturing Work – Susan Hiner (Vassar College, USA) 3. Work and Workplaces – Casey Harison (University of Southern Indiana, USA) 4. Workplace Cultures – Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 5. Work, Skill, and Technology - François Jarrige (University of Burgundy, France) Translated by Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 6. Work and Mobility – Ute Chamberlin (Western Illinois University, USA) 7. Work and Society – Marjorie Levine-Clark (University of Colorado Denver, USA) 8. The Political Culture of Work – Fiona A. Montgomery (Independent Scholar, UK) 9. Work and Leisure – W. Scott Haine (University of Maryland, USA) Notes Further Readings Index

A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9781350278899, 978-1350278899
      ISBN10: 1350278890

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Victoria E. Thompson is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of The Virtuous Marketplace: Women and Men, Money and Politics in Paris, 1830-1870 (2000), Women in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2004), along with Rachel Fuchs, and Inventing Public Space: Paris, 1748-1790 (forthcoming).

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures General Editors’ Preface Contributor Notes Introduction – Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 1. The Economy of Work – Ludovic Frobert (CNRS, France) and François Jarrige (University of Burgundy, France) Translated by Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 2. Picturing Work – Susan Hiner (Vassar College, USA) 3. Work and Workplaces – Casey Harison (University of Southern Indiana, USA) 4. Workplace Cultures – Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 5. Work, Skill, and Technology - François Jarrige (University of Burgundy, France) Translated by Victoria E. Thompson (Arizona State University, USA) 6. Work and Mobility – Ute Chamberlin (Western Illinois University, USA) 7. Work and Society – Marjorie Levine-Clark (University of Colorado Denver, USA) 8. The Political Culture of Work – Fiona A. Montgomery (Independent Scholar, UK) 9. Work and Leisure – W. Scott Haine (University of Maryland, USA) Notes Further Readings Index

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