This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners, co-owners and decision-making managers in European and North American soc

This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners, co-owners and decision-making managers in European and North American soc

For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based. The family business rested on the division of labor among family members. Therefore the family was

"This volume challenges those who see gender inequalities invariably defining and constraining the lives of women. But it also broadens the conversation about t