The Work of France
Labor and Culture in Early Modern Times, 1350-1800
This clearly written and deeply informed book explores the nature and meaning of work in early modern France. Distinguished historian James R. Farr considers the relationship between material life-specifically the work activities of both men and women-and the culture in which these activities were embedded. This culture, he argues, helped shape the nature of work, invested it with meaning, and fashioned the identities of people across the social spectrum. Farr vividly traces the daily lives of peasants, common laborers, domestic servants, prostitutes, street vendors, craftsmen and -women, merchants, men of the law, medical practitioners, and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7425-3399-8
- EAN: 9780742533998
- Produktnummer: 4168124
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 246 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.7 cm 539 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 539
Über den Autor
James R. Farr is professor of history at Purdue University.
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