The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Jane Whittle is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Exeter and her publications include The Development of Agrarian Capitalism and Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household. Mark Hailwood is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Bristol and author of Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England, as well as a number of articles on everyday life in the period. Hannah Robb is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Birkbeck, University of London and has published in leading journals on micro credit and debt litigation. Taylor Aucoin is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and has published on topics ranging from Carnival, pancakes and football, to labour laws and magic.

• Introduction; 1. Uncovering the world of work; 2. Working people; 3. Places of work; 4. Rhythms of work; 5. Housework and carework; 6. Agriculture and food production; 7. Crafts and construction; 8. Commerce and money management; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England breaks new ground, offering entirely new insights into how the early modern English economy actually functioned and what the roles of women and men were in this economy. I have read it with the greatest interest and pleasure.' Maria Ågren, Uppsala University