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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Notes on Contributors ix
Part I Exploring the Western History of Women and Credit
1 Introduction. Women, Credit and the Creation of
Opportunity: A Historical Overview
   Beverly Lemire 		3
2 Women's Economic Spheres and Credit in Pre-industrial
Europe
   Laurence Fontaine 		15
3 Petty Debts and Family Networks: The Credit Markets of
Widows and Wives in Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam
   Anne E. C. McCants 		33
4 Lending Women, Borrowing Women: Middle-Class
Women, Investments and Credit in Northern France in
the Nineteenth Century
   Beatrice Craig 		51
Part II Bridging Past and Present
5 Women and Micro-credit in History: Gender in the Irish
Loan Funds
   Aidan Hollis 		73
6 Stokvels and Economic Empowerment: The Case of
African Women in South Africa, c. 1930–1998
   Grietjie Verhoef 		91
Part III Pioneering Projects
7 Women, Institutional Roles and Economic Opportunity
   Mary Houghton 		117

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Publication Information: Book Title: Women and Credit: Researching the Past, Refiguring the Future. Contributors: Beverly Lemire - editor, Ruth Pearson - editor, Gail Campbell - editor. Publisher: Berg. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2001. Page Number: v.
    
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