The contribution offers an insight into the sociodemographic and economic structure of the Trieste territory at the end of the 1770s, when this area was influenced by the development and growth of Trieste maritime emporium. The survey consists of the statistical analysis of the population registers, which originate from the military conscription from the end of 1777 and the beginning of 1778.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1638099
The contribution focuses on women's economic migration in the Littoral and wider Slovene-Italian contact area from the point of view of tipologies and changes from 18th century onwards. General tendencies of women's migration for labour, with special emphasis on domestic servants in regional urban areas. As a typical example, the emigration in Egypt (of the 'Alexandrines' - women who worked in Alexandria) is presented and contextualized in the framework of developing female economic mobility and of its economic, social and cultural significance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1741523