List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Albany, 1830-85 | p. 15 |
Female Microentrepreneurs: Linking Stories and Statistics | p. 34 |
Doing Business: Patterns and Parameters | p. 51 |
Micronetworks and the Family Business Economy | p. 66 |
Business or Labor? Blurred Boundaries in the Careers of Self-Employed Craftswomen | p. 85 |
"A Small but Safe Business": Gendering Success for Nineteenth-Century Female Proprietors | p. 96 |
"Doing the Best Business of Any Firm or Man in the Line": Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Albany | p. 117 |
Illicit Business: Shady Tradeswomen in Albany | p. 142 |
Conclusion Incorporating Businesswomen into History | p. 156 |
Types of Female Self-Employment and Proprietorship in Albany, 1830-85 | p. 165 |
Sources and Methods | p. 167 |
Notes | p. 173 |
Index | p. 195 |
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