TY - BOOK ID - 1943990 TI - Domestic strategies: work and family in France and Italy, 1600-1800 PY - 1991 SN - 0521391644 0521892333 0511523564 9780521391641 9780511523564 9780521892339 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - History of Italy KW - History of France KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Work and family KW - Guilds KW - History. KW - -Work and family KW - -Families and work KW - Family and work KW - Families KW - Dual-career families KW - Work-life balance KW - Craft guilds KW - Gilds KW - Labor organizations KW - Merchant companies KW - Workers' associations KW - Artisans KW - Employers' associations KW - Labor unions KW - History KW - Societies, etc. KW - -History KW - Families and work KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Work and family - France - History. KW - Work and family - Italy - History. KW - Guilds - Italy - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1943990 AB - Research on historical processes such as commercialisation traditionally concentrated on the motors of change and measurement of their impact, and considered the labouring classes as the passive objects of such changes. Developments in the social sciences in recent years have stimulated a new reading of the historical sources in terms of the social relations and strategies of families in interpreting and adapting to their own use institutional settings and economic resources. The essays presented in this 1991 book explore the relationship between the historical experiences of social relations and the demands and opportunities offered by the economy in early modern Europe through a focus on the strategies of labouring families. Critical discussion of the historian's use of sources characterises the essays, which provide case-studies of social groups in north-central Italy and the French Alps. They relate to three specific themes: the exploitation of non-agricultural resources in the countryside, urban guilds and charitable provision. ER -