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A History of the GirlYoung Women, Textile Labour, and Marriage in Europe and China around 1800

A History of the Girl: Young Women, Textile Labour, and Marriage in Europe and China around 1800 [This chapter explores young women’s transition to adulthood in select regions of ChinaChina and EuropeEurope from the mid-seventeenth through to the mid-nineteenth century and concentrates, in particular, on young women’s Work and Paid Employmenthousehold and non-household labour (especially in the production of thread and cloth) as they move through the life-cycle transition from daughters to wives and from a natal to a marital household. The time frame of the chapter encompasses periods of important commercial and technological developments in textile production and marketing in both Europe and China and allows us to focus on an underexplored dimension of parallels and divergences—namely, family, gender, and generational relations. We also compare the apparently different relationships to labour and commodity markets experienced by young women in the two regions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of the GirlYoung Women, Textile Labour, and Marriage in Europe and China around 1800

Editors: O'Dowd, Mary; Purvis, June
Waltner, Ann; Maynes, Mary Jo
A History of the Girl — Apr 11, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-69277-7
Pages
75 –102
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-69278-4_5
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Abstract

[This chapter explores young women’s transition to adulthood in select regions of ChinaChina and EuropeEurope from the mid-seventeenth through to the mid-nineteenth century and concentrates, in particular, on young women’s Work and Paid Employmenthousehold and non-household labour (especially in the production of thread and cloth) as they move through the life-cycle transition from daughters to wives and from a natal to a marital household. The time frame of the chapter encompasses periods of important commercial and technological developments in textile production and marketing in both Europe and China and allows us to focus on an underexplored dimension of parallels and divergences—namely, family, gender, and generational relations. We also compare the apparently different relationships to labour and commodity markets experienced by young women in the two regions.]

Published: Apr 11, 2018

Keywords: Marital Household; Daughter; silkWork; Household Production Work; Protoindustrial

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