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The State as Master: Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 16501780

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The State as Master: Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 16501780

Contributors:

By (Author) Maria Agren

ISBN:

9781526100641

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

22nd August 2017

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Main Subject:
Dewey:

352.44809485

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

184

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 216mm

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. -- .

Author Bio

Maria gren is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden

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