Women, Business and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Rethinking Separate Spheres

by RobertBeachy (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $40.59

  Looking at women, business and finance in the nineteenth century, this book takes a look at women's roles in finance and investment, family-owned businesses, retailing, service activities, and the artisanal trades. It reveals that elite and middle-class women often manipulated financial resources in a highly sophisticated manner.