A bitter living : women, markets, and social capital in early modern Germany / Sheilagh Ogilvie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Germany--Württemburg--Economic conditions.

Women.

Social capital (Sociology).

Germany.

Economic conditions.

Social capital (Sociology)--Germany--Wüttemburg.

Germany--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xviii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

What role did women play in the pre-industrial European economy? Sheilagh Ogilvie tackles this question in an original way, using a rich body of new evidence. By examining women's contribution to a particular pre-industrial economy--the German state of Wurttemberg--Ogilvie casts doubt on most of the extensive literature about pre-industrial women's work. She also refutes the theory of 'social capital' which claims that traditional networks, like guilds with their shared norms, benefitted everyone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-379) and index.

ISBN:

0198205546

OCLC:

52145486