商品簡介
Despite much evidence to the contrary, even today many people assume that "women have no head for finance". The articles in this volume look at the period from 1700 - 1950 to discover the ways in which women made, kept and invested money. It will be no surprise to historians to learn that, in law, married women had least control over their own finances. Single women and widows, particularly the former, had more leeway in the use of their funds. Lawrence (history, Open University UK), Maltby (accounting and finance, University of York) and Rutterford (financial management, Open University) have selected essays that focus on Britain for the most part. However, there are also pieces on women in Germany, Sweden, Japan, Italy and the United States. The articles look at the ways in which women circumnavigated laws forbidding them to invest as well as examples of women's participation in financial endeavors, even the disastrous South Sea Bubble. Middle and lower economic class women are also treated, especially those who ran their own businesses. This is an enlightening study of an area which gender studies has yet to penetrate. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Anne Laurence is Professor of History at the Open University and author of Women in England 1500-1760: A Social History. Josephine Maltby is Professor of Accounting and Finance, University of York. Janette Rutterford is Professor of Finance at The Open University and author of Introduction to Stock Exchange Investment.
