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The State as Master

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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 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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ISBN: 9781526100641
Publication date: 21st August 2017
Author: Maria Agren
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 184 pages
Series: Gender in History
Genres: European history
Gender studies, gender groups
International relations