{"product_id":"fabricating-women-9780822326663","title":"Fabricating Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast with scholarship on women and gender in the modern period, the author asserts that the rise of the absolute state, with its centralising and unifying tendencies, could actually increase women's economic, social, and legal opportunities and allow them to thrive in corporate organisations such as the guild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFabricating Women\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richly textured and much-needed look at the experience of working women that will enhance our understanding of the old regime in a variety of ways. This well-grounded portrait of one area of history simultaneously throws light on far broader issues, such as the role of the state, the working of the economy, and the legal status and economic opportunities of women.”—Gail Bossenga, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Privilege: Old Regime and Revolution in Lille\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A welcome contribution to the literature on women’s work in preindustrial Europe. This is so well placed in the economic and social history of the period that it will become a classic among the books that define the age.”—Daryl M. Hafter, author of \u003ci\u003eEuropean Women and Preindustrial Craft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Crowston establishes herself in the forefront of scholars working on the eighteenth-century French economy, in a book that rightfully belongs on the shelf next to those of Thomas Brennan, Jean-Marc Moriceau, and Steven Kaplan.\" -- James B. Collins * Enterprise \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"Crowston provides fascinating insights into the lifestyle of the most prosperous dressmakers, and her book will delight students of material culture.\" -- Pamela Pilbeam * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables \u003cbr\u003e List of Abreviations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Part One: Making the Goods\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Seamstresses and the Culture of Clothing in Old Regime France\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. From Mending to \u003ci\u003emodes: \u003c\/i\u003eTrade Hierarchies and the Labor Market\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Tools, Techniques, and Commercial Practices \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Making the Guilds\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Tailors and the Seamstresses: Corporate Privilege, Gender, and the Law\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Women’s Corporate Self-Government: The Administration of the Parisian Seamstresses’ Guild \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Making the Mistresses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Career Paths in the Seamstresses’ Trade: From Apprenticeship to Mistress-ship\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Marriage, Fortune, and Family: The World of the Mistress Seamstress\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Making the New Century: The Seamstresses, \u003ci\u003efin et suite\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406027104599,"sku":"9780822326663","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822326663.jpg?v=1730494290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fabricating-women-9780822326663","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}