The State as Master

Gender, State Formation and Commercialisation in Urban Sweden, 1650–1780

Maria Agren (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2017
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-0064-1 (ISBN)

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A new gendered approach to the rise of the modern state in Sweden over the long eighteenth century. -- .

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. -- .

Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden -- .

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 -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	Gender in History
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-5261-0064-9 / 1526100649
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-0064-1 / 9781526100641
Zustand	Neuware