Económica : Una historia global de mujeres, riqueza y poder

For centuries, the history of economic progress has been told as an epic tale starring men who forged new paths. But without the crucial role played by women of all kinds and backgrounds, that story is incomplete. Victoria Bateman reconstructs a different and revealing narrative, in which women occupy the central place that has always been theirs. From the Peruvian hunters who have revolutionized our understanding of prehistory to the women workers who built the Great Pyramid of Giza or channeled water in ancient Rome, from the weavers who propelled the Silk Road to the tavern keepers of medieval London and the 20th-century pioneers who fought for fairer economies. Far from being marginal figures, we will discover that, although their contribution has been systematically relegated to the background, women were present at every key moment in human and economic development. Ambitious, enlightening and superbly documented, Económica is an innovative look at the past that restores women to their fundamental place in the history of human development.