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I stumbled across this website while looking for pictures of 16th-century milkmaids. It's an encyclopedia of the history of work, and seems to be exclusively European. I haven't run into anything that isn't from Western Europe, yet -- that is, nothing from Russia or Eastern Europe.

There are engravings from the 16th and 17th centuries there, of various professions. For example, this plate by Jost Amman of a cook at work (16th century Germany). I will note that the cook is really, ridiculously burly. Look at his left arm. What the hell, Herr Amman?

Date: 2008-06-03 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quincy134.livejournal.com
Someone from Leuven presented a paper here last semester. It was pretty good.

European universities are way more cool about collaboration between economics and history, compared to US schools. Though my department has a couple good economic historians.

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