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Te Diversity of Work 24 J o n a s L i n d s t r ö m , R o s e m a r i e F i e b r a n z , a n d G ö r a n  R y d é n 2 . Working Together 57 D a g L i n d s t r ö m , R o s e m a r i e F i e b r a n z , J o n a s L i n d s t r ö m , J a n M i s p e l a e r e , a n d G ö r a n  R y d é n 3 . Marriage and Work: Intertwined Sources of Agency and Authority 80 S o f i a L i n g , K a r i n H a s s a n J a n s s o n , M a r i e L e n n e r s a n d , C h r i s t o p h e r P i h l , a n d M a r i a  Å g r e n 4 . Less Tan Ideal? Making a Living before and outside Marriage 103 H a n n a Ö s t h o l m a n d C r i s t i n a  P r y t z 5 . Constitutive Tasks: Performances of Hierarchy and Identity 127 K a r i n H a s s a n J a n s s o n , R o s e m a r i e F i e b r a n z , a n d A n n - C at r i n  Ö s t m a n 6 . Te Dark Side of the Ubiquity of Work: Vulnerability and Destitution among the Elderly 159 E r i k L i n d b e r g , B e n n y J a c o b s s o n , a n d S o f i a  L i n g vi C o n t e n t s 7 . Gender, Work, and the Fiscal-M ilitary State 178 M a r i e L e n n e r s a n d , J a n M i s p e l a e r e , C h r i s t o p h e r P i h l , a n d M a r i a  Å g r e n Conclusion 204 M a r i a  Å g r e n Appendix 221 Bibliography 231 Index 253 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Tis book is the result of a large research project in the humanities: Gender and Work in Early Modern Sweden. Te project grappled with one of the eternal questions in history— what ordinary people did and thought in the past—a nd, thanks to modern technology and “big data,” this book ofers new answers. Te book makes a contribution to the early modern history of work, but equally important, it proposes new methodology and models what we can do with a large, complex dataset. Te project has been very generously funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Swedish Research Council has pro- vided additional funding to make the Gender and Work database a reality. As the leader of the project, I wish to express my sincere thanks not only to these providers of funding but also to project members, colleagues, and friends in Uppsala, Sweden, and around the world. Deeply felt thanks go to Sheilagh Ogilvie, Margaret Hunt, and Martin Naylor, who have all given the project group invaluable support, inspiration, and well- earned criticism. We would never have dared to embark upon this project had it not been for the model that Sheilagh’s work set for us, and her enthusiastic but always candid feedback helped us sharpen our arguments. We would never have completed the book had it not been for Margaret, who started out as an external adviser and ended up as our colleague. Margaret, thanks for your meticulous reading and sound advice. And, Martin, this book would have been so much less readable if you had not been at our side, never sparing your own time to help us improve our English. Equally warm thanks go to the people at the Demographic Database, Umeå University, who tailor-m ade the GaW database for us. Maria Larsson, Jimmy Ljungberg, Pär Vikström, Lars-G öran Carlsson, Bo Persson and Sören Edvinsson were always eager to help us; we have shared both sorrow and (more ofen) joy since we frst started to work together. If all human collaboration were as smooth as ours, the world would be a beter place. Te database has had an advisory vii viii A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s group of its own: thanks go to John Rogers, Per-A nders Edin, Bo Danielsson, Torleif Petersson, Sören Edvinsson, Linda Oja, Joakim Nivre, Anki Matisson, Bengt Dahlqvist, and last but not least Ingrid Almqvist, who coined the term “verb-o riented method.” With Eva Petersson, Joakim Nivre, and Beáta Megyesi we have run an exciting side project with the purpose of fnding a way of auto- matically identifying relevant verb phrases in early modern texts. Over the years, the GaW project has benefted from the advice of Christina Florin, Jan Lindegren, Leif Runefelt, Karin Sennefelt, Johan Söderberg, Rolf Torstendahl, Kirsi Vainio-K orhonen, and Eva Österberg. Tank you for many good ideas and a very good time together. In 2013, the advisory group was ex- tended to include Amy L.  Erickson, Alexandra Shepard, Judith Bennet, and Margaret Hunt. Tanks for helping us at a critical moment of our work. We also wish to extend our thanks to the scholars who have visited us as guest research- ers over the years: Amy Erickson, Kirsi Vainio-K orhonen, Sheilagh Ogilvie, and Julie Hardwick. Tank you for enriching our academic milieu. Te home of the project has been the History Department at Uppsala University. We thank former vice chancellor Anders Hallberg, former vice rector Margaretha Fahlgren, and former dean Jan Lindegren for proposing the project to the Wallenberg Foundation. We also thank former head of department Lars M. Andersson for his unstinting support and Elisabeth Brandberg for managing the money. Elisabeth, you are a pearl! Linda Oja and Elisabeth Gräslund Berg were members of the project at an early stage, and even if they do not stand as authors of this book, their contributions are integral parts of the message that we want the book to convey. Jessica Karlsson assisted with transcription of documents. Te maps were made by Matilda Svahn, Josefne Andersson, Fanny Reuterskiöld, Jaqueline Österberg, Jesper Runfors, and Ellen Andersson, stu- dents at Uppsala University. We are lucky to have Susan Ferber as our editor. Tank you, Susan, for believ- ing in this book: not every editor would enthuse at the idea of a multiauthored monograph about a small country in northern Europe, based on new method- ology. Tank you also for being such a warm and generous person. We are also lucky to have Maya Bringe and Susan Ecklund at our side; Maya coordinated the production process in a calm and good-h umored way and Susan copyedited the manuscript beautifully. Tank you! Maria Ågren C O N T R I B U T O R S Maria Ågren is professor of history at Uppsala University. Her work focuses on the intersection of economic, social, legal, and gender history. She is the author of Domestic Secrets: Women and Property in Sweden, 1600– 1857 and Te State as Master: Gender, State Formation and Commercialization in Urban Sweden, 1650– 1780. She is the leader of the Gender and Work research project and the GaW infrastructure project. Rosemarie Fiebranz is senior lecturer in history at Uppsala University. Her work focuses on gender, property, and work in early modern and nineteenth- century society. She has a strong interest in microhistory and historical methodology. She is the author of Jord, linne eller träkol? Genusordning och hushållsstrategier:  Bjuråker 1750–1 850 (2002). She is coordinator of the GaW database. Benny Jacobsson holds a PhD in the history of science and ideas from Stockholm University. He is the author of Den sjunde världsdelen: Västgötar och Västergötland 1646–1 771: En identitetshistoria. His many interests include the history of education. He is a research assistant within the Gender and Work projects. Karin Hassan Jansson is senior lecturer and docent in history at Uppsala University. Her work focuses on gender, sexuality, service, and political debate in early modern society. She is the author of Kvinnofid: Synen på våldtäkt och konstruktionen av kön i Sverige 1600– 1800 (2002). She is the lead author of c hapter 5 in this book. Marie Lennersand is docent in history and senior archivist at the Swedish National Archives. Her work focuses on early modern state formation, as well as on social and legal history. She is the author of Rätvisans och allmogens beskyddare: Den absoluta staten, kommissionerna och tjänstemännen, ca 1680– 1730 (1999) and, with Linda Oja, Livet går vidare: Älvdalen och Rätvik efer de ix

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