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"A welcome contribution to the literature on women's work in preindustrial Europe. This is so well placed in the economic and social history of the period that it will become a classic among the books that define the age."--Daryl M. Hafter, author of "European Women and Preindustrial Craft"
List of Figures and TablesList of AbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Making the Goods>1. Seamstresses and the Culture of Clothing in Old Regime France>2. From Mending to modes: Trade Hierarchies and the Labor Market>3. Tools, Techniques, and Commercial PracticesPart Two: Making the Guilds>4. The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence>5. The Tailors and the Seamstresses: Corporate Privilege, Gender, and the Law>6. Women’s Corporate Self-Government: The Administration of the Parisian Seamstresses’ GuildPart Three: Making the Mistresses>7. Career Paths in the Seamstresses’ Trade: From Apprenticeship to Mistress-ship>8. Marriage, Fortune, and Family: The World of the Mistress Seamstress>9. Making the New Century: The Seamstresses, fin et suiteConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex