 | Gender in Urban Europe: Sites of Political Activity and Citizenship, 1750-1900 Subjects: Agencies and Institutions; Gender and Sexuality; Rural and Urban Life; States of Mind; Class and Work; Health and Welfare; Humanities; National State; Gender Roles and Stereotypes; Types of Towns and Cities; Philanthropy; Local State; The Rural Environment; Emotions; Concepts of Society; Sex; Economic Developments; Poverty; Welfare; Social Groups; History; Local government; Landscapes; Magistracy; Masculinity; Femininity; Desire; Industrialisation; Poor Relief; Poor law; Working Classes; European History; Modern History 1750-1945; Women''s & Gender History; Urban History; Social & Cultural History; This volume offers an integrated set of local studies exploring the gendering of political activities across a variety of sites ranging from print culture, courts, government and philanthropic bodies and public spaces, outlining how a particular activity was constituted as political and exploring how this contributed to a gendered concept of citizenship. The comparative and transnational perspectives revealed through combining such work contributes to establishing new knowledge about the relationship between gender, citizenship and the development of the modern town in Northern Europe. Krista Cowman is Professor of History and Director of Research in the College of Arts, University of Lincoln. Nina Javette Koefoed is Associate Professor of History in the Department for Culture and Society at Aarhus University. Åsa Karlsson Sjögren is Professor of History at Umeå University. |
