The Spinners and Weavers of Auffay : Rural Industry and the Sexual Division of Labor in a French Village (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The pays and the village; 3. Proto-industrial theory and the pays de Caux; 4. The golden age of spinning; 5. Crisis and change in the Caux; 6. The golden age of cottage weaving; 7. Marriage and family in proto-industrial Auffay; 8. Widowhood, remarriage, and the sexual division of labor; 9. Unwed mothers and their children; 10. Conclusions: the causes and consequences of proto-industrialization; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.