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Women in the labour market in changing economies: demographic issues
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ISBN: 0199261121 Year: 2003 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600
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ISBN: 0195126505 9780195126501 0195073908 0195360796 1280526092 1429401141 0199879443 9780195073904 9781429401142 9781280526091 9786610526093 6610526095 9780195360790 9780199879441 0197711111 Year: 1996 Publisher: New York: Oxford university press,

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In 1300, women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in England, but by 1600 the industry was largely controlled by men. This work asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a woman's trade. In doing so, it sheds light on the effects of early capitalism on the status of women's work.

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