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The state as master: Gender, state formation and commercialisation in urban Sweden, 1650–1780

By Maria Agren

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
1526121409, 9781526121400
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
540 kB (552629 bytes)
Series
Gender in History
Pages
208\0
Topic
History
Time added
2023-03-05 12:34:14

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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