enterprise, home, and household in London, c. 1800-1870
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kay, Alison C.
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 53 2011
- Thesaurus
- ondernemers, bedrijven, huishoudelijke arbeid, dagelijks leven, Victoriaanse tijd, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Europa, Verenigde Staten, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw
- Description
- This book explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honour and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the interpretation of historical female entrepreneurship by contemporaries and historians in the UK, Europe and America. Drawing on contextual evidence from 1747 to 1880, including fire insurance records, directories, trade cards, newspapers, memoirs, the census and record linkage, this study concentrates on the early to mid-Victorian period when ideals about gender roles and appropriate work for women were vigorously debated.