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Autore |
Ågren Maria |
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Titolo |
The state as master : Gender, state formation and commercialisation in urban Sweden, 1650–1780 / / Maria Ågren |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-5261-2140-9 |
1-5261-2139-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations, table |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women |
Sex role in the work environment |
Customs administration - Officials and employees |
Women - Sweden - History - 18th century |
Women - Sweden - History - 17th century |
Sex role in the work environment - Sweden |
Customs administration - Sweden - Officials and employees - History - 18th century |
Customs administration - Sweden - Officials and employees - History - 17th century |
History |
Sweden |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-163) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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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