Comparative History of Households, Gender and Work

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Where did all the workers go?

On 8 September 2022, I gave my inaugural lecture at Utrecht University, entitled "Where did all the workers go? Women, industrialization, and the decline of hand spinning in Europe and…

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Supply of labour during early industrialisation: Agricultural systems,…

This article explores the reasons behind the marked differences in the gender division of labour in the emerging textile factories in Japan and India in the first half of the…

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Corona and Research

Covid-19 is shaking up our society. As we speak, our Prime Minister is seriously condemning the violence that has taken place in several parts of the Netherlands over the past…

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