Working Women of Early Modern Venice Hardback
by Monica (Assistant Professor, University of Georgia) Chojnacka
Part of the The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science series
Hardback
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In this groundbreaking book, Monica Chojnacka argues that the women of early modern Venice occupied a more socially powerful space than traditionally believed.
Rather than focusing exclusively on the women of noble or wealthy merchant families, Chojnacka explores the lives of women-unmarried, married, or widowed-who worked for a living and helped keep the city running through their labor, services, and products.
Among Chojnacka's surprising findings is the degree to which these working women exercised control over their own lives.
Many headed households and even owned their own homes; when necessary, they also took in and supported other women of their families.
Some were self-employed, while others had jobs outside the home.
They often moved freely about the city to conduct business, and they took legal action in the courts on their own behalf.
On a daily basis, Venetian women worked, traveled, and contested obstacles in ways that made the city their own.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:05/04/2001
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- ISBN:9780801864858
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:05/04/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780801864858
