The State as Master
Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650-1780
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2017
208 pages
978-1-5261-2139-4 (ISBN)
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Description
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 an innovative analysis of state formation and its short- and long-term effects. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-2139-4 (9781526121394)
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Maria Agren
The State as Master
Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650-1780
Book
08/2017
Manchester University Press
€124.60
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Person
Maria Agren is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden -- .
Content
Introduction: Serving others - serving the state
1. State formation and state administration
2. Servants in the front line
3. Families in service
4. The struggling master
5. His role and hers
Conclusion: Service, gender and the early modern state
Index -- .
1. State formation and state administration
2. Servants in the front line
3. Families in service
4. The struggling master
5. His role and hers
Conclusion: Service, gender and the early modern state
Index -- .
