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The State as Master: Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650-1780

The State as Master: Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650-1780

Hardcover

Series: Gender in History

Medical ReferenceGeneral Gender StudiesScandinavian History

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ISBN10: 1526100649
ISBN13: 9781526100641
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Aug 21 2017
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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