Going to Market : Women, Trade and Social Relations in Early Modern English Towns, c. 1550-1650 (Paperback)

Introduction: households, marketplaces, and neighborhoods; Prescription, anxiety, and acceptance: representations of market women in popular culture; Cooperation and conflict: women, commerce, and the household economy; Traders, hucksters, and creditors: independent tradeswomen and the commerce of early modern towns; Conflicting interests, common interests: female traders, marital status, and town authorities; Women, commerce, and female reputation; When to give and when to gouge: bargaining, neighborliness, and the limits of the moral economy; The potency of women’s words: gossip, slander, and the enforcement of plain dealing; Women, protest, and marketplace politics; Conclusion: to ‘runneth & raveth’ after markets; Bibliography; Index.