WIVES, WIDOWS, AND SINGLEWOMEN: WORKING WOMEN AT LONDON’S EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FAIRS
Eighteenth-century city officials and social commentators targeted London fairs as disorderly institutions that interfered with “true” commerce. Critics used gendered imagery to describe the evils of fairs, and unruly women were central to these descriptions. Women faced increasing criticism of thei...
Main Author: | Anne Wohlcke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2006-06-01
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Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
Online Access: | http://ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/167 |
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