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- catalog abstract "The active role of women in the labor force is not limited to recent decades, or even to the last century. As William Chester Jordan amply demonstrates in Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies, women in pre-modern times played an integral part both as a source of labor and as participants in lending and borrowing. In this wide-ranging and provocative study, the author assesses the overall significance of women's work in medieval and early modern Europe, and in colonial and post-colonial societies. While earlier studies have concentrated on women in agriculture or craftwork, Jordan investigates consumption lending and borrowing among women in the European Middle Ages, female investment in early modern Europe, and, in a final section, the role of African and Caribbean marketwomen and their provision of and access to credit. By viewing the historical situation, Jordan sheds light on contemporary concerns about commercialization, the transformation of rural society, and industrialization. He provides a historical and comparative context for some of the current issues that plague the twentieth-century female work force. By understanding the role of gender in such an important aspect of traditional life as credit relationships, Jordan advances an ongoing re-examination of the issue in general. This work will be of interest to students and scholars of medieval and early modern European, African, and Caribbean history; anthropology; and women's studies.".
- catalog contributor b4177037.
- catalog coverage "Developing countries Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Economic conditions 16th century.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "By viewing the historical situation, Jordan sheds light on contemporary concerns about commercialization, the transformation of rural society, and industrialization. He provides a historical and comparative context for some of the current issues that plague the twentieth-century female work force. By understanding the role of gender in such an important aspect of traditional life as credit relationships, Jordan advances an ongoing re-examination of the issue in general. This work will be of interest to students and scholars of medieval and early modern European, African, and Caribbean history; anthropology; and women's studies.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-156) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Parameters of the Study -- pt. 1. Consumption Loans and Networks of Sociability in the Middle Ages -- pt. 2. Investment and Capital Formation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- pt. 3. Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Period -- Conclusion: Persistent Concerns.".
- catalog description "The active role of women in the labor force is not limited to recent decades, or even to the last century. As William Chester Jordan amply demonstrates in Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies, women in pre-modern times played an integral part both as a source of labor and as participants in lending and borrowing. In this wide-ranging and provocative study, the author assesses the overall significance of women's work in medieval and early modern Europe, and in colonial and post-colonial societies. While earlier studies have concentrated on women in agriculture or craftwork, Jordan investigates consumption lending and borrowing among women in the European Middle Ages, female investment in early modern Europe, and, in a final section, the role of African and Caribbean marketwomen and their provision of and access to credit.".
- catalog extent "161 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Women and credit in pre-industrial and developing societies.".
- catalog identifier "0812231945 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women and credit in pre-industrial and developing societies.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "Women and credit in pre-industrial and developing societies.".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Economic conditions 16th century.".
- catalog subject "332.7/43 20".
- catalog subject "Consumer credit History.".
- catalog subject "HG3755 .J588 1992".
- catalog subject "HG3755 .J588 1993".
- catalog subject "Women Finance, Personal History.".
- catalog subject "Women History Middle Ages, 500-1500.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Parameters of the Study -- pt. 1. Consumption Loans and Networks of Sociability in the Middle Ages -- pt. 2. Investment and Capital Formation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- pt. 3. Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Period -- Conclusion: Persistent Concerns.".
- catalog title "Women and credit in pre-industrial and developing societies / William Chester Jordan.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".