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Zusatztext By shedding light on work and gender in a relatively poorly known kingdom that was a major power in the early modern period, this book makes a valuable contribution to the comparative study of early modern women. Informationen zum Autor Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University. She is the author of numerous works, including Domestic Secrets. Women and Property in Sweden, 1600-1857. Klappentext Making a Living, Making a Difference offers an eye-opening perspective on what men and women in early modern European society did all day. Based on an innovative method and a large data collection of everyday activities, the authors show the ways in which gender and work were linked in early modern society by revealing household, unpaid, and hidden, as well as paid labor. Zusammenfassung Making a Living, Making a Difference offers an eye-opening perspective on what men and women in early modern European society did all day. Based on an innovative method and a large data collection of everyday activities, the authors show the ways in which gender and work were linked in early modern society by revealing household, unpaid, and hidden, as well as paid labor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Making a Living, Making a Difference- Maria ÅÅgren Chapter 1: The Diversity of Work- Jonas Lindström, Rosemarie Fiebranz, and Göran Rydén Chapter 2: Working Together- Dag Lindström, Rosemarie Fiebranz, Jonas Lindström, Jan Mispelaere, and Göran Rydén Chapter 3: Marriage and Work: Intertwined Sources of Agency and Authority- Sofia Ling, Karin Hassan Jansson, Marie Lennersand, Christopher Pihl, and Maria Ågren Chapter 4: Less than Ideal? Making a Living Before and Outside Marriage- Hanna Östholm and Cristina Prytz Chapter 5: Constitutive Tasks: Performances of Hierarchy and Identity- Karin Hassan Jansson, Rosemarie Fiebranz, and Ann-Catrin Östman Chapter 6: The Dark Side of the Ubiquity of Work: Vulnerability and Destitution among the Elderly- Erik Lindberg, Benny Jacobsson, and Sofia Ling Chapter 7: Gender, Work, and the Fiscal-Military State- Marie Lennersand, Jan Mispelaere, Christopher Pihl, and Maria Ågren Chapter 8: Conclusion- Maria Ågren Appendix Bibliography Index ...
