The foundations of female entrepreneurship : enterprise, home and household in London, c. 1800-1870
Offers insights into the motivations of the Victorian women who opted to pursue enterprises of their own. This book argues that industrialization inaugurated a commercial and retail revolution that is responsible for the creation of niche markets and service industries, expanding the variety of oppo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2009
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| Series: | Routledge studies in business history
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Separate and suitable
- 2. Barriers and bridges
- 3. Insuring her assets
- 4. Retailing respectability
- 5. A household of enterprise
- 6. Property, home, and business
- 7. Historical female entrepreneurship