Enterprise and Society Advance Access published online on September 14, 2009
Enterprise and Society, doi:10.1093/es/khp055
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Alison C. Kay. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship: Enterprise, Home, and Household in London, 1800–1870.
Alison C. Kay. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship: Enterprise, Home, and Household in London, 1800–1870. New York: Routledge, 2009. xv + 185 pp. ISBN 0-415-43174-3, 978-0-415-43174, $130.00 (hardback)
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This book would be of interest not only to those who want to have more knowledge of businesswomen's history, but also to material culturists, economists, sociologists, and others who are interested in women and their work. It provides thoughtful insight into the interrelatedness of the sociocultural and economic environment of the early nineteenth century and women's entrepreneurial businesses. Alison Kay presents compiled documental
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