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The State as Master. Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650-1780.
Maria Agren
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A new gendered approach to the rise of the modern state in Sweden over the long eighteenth century. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
We tend to think of state service as the typical male form of work. However, this notion does not do justice to the early history of states and their servants, and it obscures the role of women and gender entirely. Teasing out these entanglements, The state as master shows how early modern state formation was subsidized by ordinary people's work and how, at the same time, the changing relationship between state authorities and families shaped the understanding of work and gender. This book is both a fascinating story of the hardships of customs official families in small Swedish towns and ... Read more
We tend to think of state service as the typical male form of work. However, this notion does not do justice to the early history of states and their servants, and it obscures the role of women and gender entirely. Teasing out these entanglements, The state as master shows how early modern state formation was subsidized by ordinary people's work and how, at the same time, the changing relationship between state authorities and families shaped the understanding of work and gender. This book is both a fascinating story of the hardships of customs official families in small Swedish towns and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Gender in History
Number of Pages
184
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526100641
SKU
V9781526100641
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About Maria Agren
Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden -- .
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