Women and the Family Economy in Eighteenth-Century France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5771772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olwen Hufton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-1 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286002 |
| OpenAlex | W2320657793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
In eighteenth-century France the natural economy of the working classes was a family economy dependent upon the efforts of each individual member and one in which the role of both partners was equally crucial.1 The twelve to fourteen-year-old girl embarking upon her working life did so, consciously or not, with the vision of equipping herself to cope with a predictable set of economic circumstances which would confront her, her husband, and the children she would bear in the years to come. The girl we have in mind was the daughter of a smallholder or agricultural laborer, artisan, industrial worker, or casual odd-job man in a society where 50 to 90 per cent of holdings (according to region) were insufficient to maintain a family, where agricultural
Agricultural economy · Casual · Daughter · Family economy · Girl · European Political History Analysis · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2026 (50) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |