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Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675–1791. By Clare Haru Crowston. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. Pp. xviii, 508. $64.95, cloth; $21.95, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2002

Pamela Sharpe
Pamela Sharpe
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University of Western Australia
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This book is a masterpiece. The author has marshaled a massive amount of information, and in the tradition of the best history writing she uses this to cast new light on our knowledge of eighteenth-century seamstresses and the society in which they lived. The meticulous detail is such that Clare Haru Crowston's work on this topic is unlikely to be superseded. Moreover, the book is beautifully produced. The illustrations educate. The dustcover alone is a delight.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 864 - 865
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© 2002 The Economic History Association

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