Enclosures, Common Rights, and Women
The Proletarianization of Families in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5846196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Humphries (0009-0004-0797-3080, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-42 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700035701 |
| OpenAlex | W2153501227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 138 |
| References cited | 41 |
This article argues against the mainstream view that eighteenth-century common rights were of little significance to working people. Markets in common rights and in their products provide an index of value, and when neither common rights nor derived products were bought and sold, values are imputed from the market prices of similar goods. Since women and children were the primary exploiters of common rights, their loss led to changes in women's economic position within the family and more generally to increased dependence of whole families on wages and wage earners
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