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Author:

Phillips, Nicola (Nicola Jane)

Title:

Women in business, 1700-1850 / Nicola Phillips.

Publisher:

Boydell Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Businesswomen--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Businesswomen--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-286) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the business of life or a life in business -- Legal fictions vs legal facts : common law, coverture and married women in business -- A customary privilege? : common law, borough custom and the feme sole trader -- Trading "according to equity and good conscience" : businesswomen in Chancery -- "The friendship of the world" : female business networks in eighteenth-century Durham -- Women and the business of insurance, 1735 to 1845 -- A risky business : businesswomen, property and insurance strategies, 1735 to 1845 -- "The Bonaparte of her day"? : gender, trade and nationalism -- "This publick method" : women, trade and advertising in eighteenth-century London -- "A heavy bill to settle with humanity"? : nineteenth-century businesswomen in millinery and dressmaking -- Conclusion : "business is just life."

ISBN:

9781843831839
184383183X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63273133

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)