{"product_id":"female-entrepreneurship-in-nineteenth-century-england-jennifer-aston-9783319308791","title":"Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England: Engagement in the Urban Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources 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's 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 aplatform to participate in the economic, philanthropic, and political public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Aston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319308793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319308791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.64h x 6.09w x 0.80d","brand":"Jennifer Aston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089081577727,"sku":"9783319308791","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0ac6dff-e44d-4185-9184-4cb9f449496d.jpg?v=1769108093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/female-entrepreneurship-in-nineteenth-century-england-jennifer-aston-9783319308791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}