1. Women
Following a period of austerity the 1950s and 1960s saw a period often referred to as the 'golden era' of capitalism (Burke & Puty, 2004). ... As feminist economic geography developed, it became apparent that further social markers such as race and age, were also fundamental to the study of economic geography. ...
Countless factors influenced this unprecedented (and as yet, unrepeated) historic phenomenon, yet it seems clear that as feudalism gradually fell apart, the birth of capitalism paved the golden road to economic growth and prosperity in Europe. ... Such organizations existed in Europe throughout most of the Middle Ages, originating in around the twelfth century and continuing to exist well into the eighteenth century. ... Indeed, further undermining the rise of capitalism, "the anti-capitalistic religious theories of the Middle Ages had probably more widespread acceptance than anti-capitalis...