Short-Term Labour and Precarious Work in Northern Europe, C. 1620-1870 / edited by Ella Viitaniemi, Sofia Gustafsson.

Introduction: Short-Term Labour and Precarious Work in Northern Europe.

Disability and Work in Early Modern Rural Sweden.

Servants, Household Labour, and Employment Relations.

Fixed-Term Agricultural Labour and Manor Economies.

Seasonal Underemployment and Rural Households.

Military Labour and Multiple Employment Relations.

Administrative and Clerical Employment.

Precarious Religious Occupations and Career Paths.

Explores the history of short-term employment, insecure labour, and precarious work arrangements in Northern Europe between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Through case studies from Sweden and Finland, the volume examines employment relationships, labour mobility, household economies, seasonal work, military service, clerical occupations, and the experiences of marginalized workers. The book challenges assumptions about the historical prevalence of stable employment and contributes to broader debates on labour markets, social welfare, and economic change before industrialization.

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