Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield in the Later Georgian Age
2: Women's Work and Urban Development
3: The 'Public' Face of Female Enterprise
4: Family Firms, Partnerships, and Independent Traders
5: Family, Property, and Power
Conclusion
Appendixes
Index

Reviews

...pioneering work...
*Danielle van der Heuvel, International Review of Social History*

This book was a delight to read. It is a skill to weave such a lively narrative from a complex utilisation of sources and Hannah Barker does this with a dash of style.
*Alison C, Kay, Business History*