Women not only comprised a significant part of the labor force in eighteenth-century France, but the ubiquity of their employment was such that the presence of women in the workplace was considered by the government as “routine and expected.” Those conclusions are supported by essays collected in a new book: Women and Work in Eighteenth-Century…
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Clark history professor’s new book examines complex world of prostitution in 18th-century Paris
In her new book, “Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris,” Clark University associate professor of history Nina Kushner explores the world of the eighteenth-century Parisian demimonde, in which women sold sex, company, and even love to the men of the elite in exchange for being “kept.” In “Erotic Exchanges” (Cornell University…