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• Winner of The PROSE Award 2020 (UK)

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Author:   Professor Deborah Simonton (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) ,  Professor Anne Montenach (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   3.516kg
ISBN:  

9781474245036

ISBN 10:   147424503
Publication Date:   20 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Volume 1: A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity Edited by Ephraim Lytle, University of Toronto, Canada Volume 2: A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age Edited by Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University, USA Volume 3: A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age Edited by Bert De Munck, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Thomas Max Safley, University of Pennsylvania, USA Volume 4: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Anne Montenach, Aix-Marseille University, France Volume 5: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire Edited by Victoria E. Thompson, Arizona State University, USA Volume 6: A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age Edited by Daniel J. Walkowitz, New York University, USA

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This format allows a reader to pursue a single topic within the 2,500-years of the history of work in the West ... As an example, the chapters on workers' mobility trace a fascinating range of activity and examine the vast variety of documents and texts available to historians to analyze this topic ... [Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women's studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein. * American Reference Books Annual *

Author Information

Deborah Simonton is Associate Professor of British History at the University of Southern Denmark and Visiting Professor at the University of Turku, Finland. She is the author of A History of European Women's Work, 1700 to the present (1998) and Women in European Culture and Society (2011). She is also the editor of the Routledge History of Women in Modern Europe, 1700 to the present (2006). Anne Montenach is Professor of Early Modern History at Aix-Marseille University, France. She is the co-editor of Luxury and Gender in European Towns, 1700-1914 (2014) and Gender and Urban Development (2013).

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