Economica
Humanity's journey from poverty to prosperity is filled with men who have become household names. But how many female entrepreneurs, merchants and industrialists can you name?
Economica places women at the centre of the story of economic growth. Starting in the Stone Age and continuing to the present day, it takes the reader through the key economic milestones of the past twelve millennia - from the birth of farming to the advent of computing - all told through the experiences of women as well as men.
Historian Victoria Bateman weaves a thrilling, globe-spanning narrative that proves women weren't 'missing' from economic life, they were merely hidden from view. We discover the female workers who helped to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, and to plumb the city of ancient Rome; the silk weavers who made a vital contribution to the development of the Silk Road and global trade; the women who dominated London's brewing trade during medieval times; and the brave twentieth-century pioneers who fought to make our economies not just richer but fairer.
Victoria Bateman
Victoria has published books on economic history, feminist economics and gender inequality, as well as writing academic papers on everything from the development of markets in history to the decriminalisation of sex work.
Outside of her academic work, Victoria has been profiled and photographed by The Times, the Daily Mail, the New Statesman and Liberation, and has written for Bloomberg, CapX and UnHerd, as well as authoring articles for The Guardian, Times Higher Education and The Telegraph. She has appeared on BBC News, Newsnight, BBC Radio 4 and ITV, and has been interviewed by, amongst others, Quartz, the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Independent, and Cambridge News.
