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Set in rapidly changing late 17th-century London, Ingenious Trade reveals a generation of young women taking up apprenticeships and making their way in trade. Drawing on engagingly detailed court cases, it recovers their ambitions, conflicts, networks and careers, showing the significance of women's work to their identities, and to the city.
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Ingenious Trade, Laura Gowing
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Ingenious Trade
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Laura Gowing
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 110848638X
- ISBN13
- 9781108486385
- Series
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- Set in rapidly changing late 17th-century London, Ingenious Trade reveals a generation of young women taking up apprenticeships and making their way in trade. Drawing on engagingly detailed court cases, it recovers their ambitions, conflicts, networks and careers, showing the significance of women's work to their identities, and to the city.