The State as Master

Maria Agren

ISBN 10: 1526100649 / ISBN 13: 9781526100641

Published by Manchester University Press, GB, 2017

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The State as Master
• Publisher: Manchester University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526100649
• ISBN 13: 9781526100641
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 363 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University, Sweden