Kekke Stadin is Emerita Professor of history at Södertörn University in Stockholm. Her numerous publications include studies in urban history, gender history, fashion history and Baltic Sea area studies. Most of her work deals with the intersection of social and cultural history.

• 1. Introduction 2. The World as a social space 3. The representative home 4. Dressed and ready to call 5. The art of paying a call 6. The practice of morning calls 7. Nordic evening calls or continental salon life 8. The conversation about society life 9. Closing remarks

Kekke Stadin is Emerita Professor of history at Södertörn University in Stockholm. Her numerous publications include studies in urban history, gender history, fashion history and Baltic Sea area studies. Most of her work deals with the intersection of social and cultural history.

• 1. Introduction 2. The World as a social space 3. The representative home 4. Dressed and ready to call 5. The art of paying a call 6. The practice of morning calls 7. Nordic evening calls or continental salon life 8. The conversation about society life 9. Closing remarks

Kekke Stadin is Emerita Professor of history at Södertörn University in Stockholm. Her numerous publications include studies in urban history, gender history, fashion history and Baltic Sea area studies. Most of her work deals with the intersection of social and cultural history.

• 1. Introduction 2. The World as a social space 3. The representative home 4. Dressed and ready to call 5. The art of paying a call 6. The practice of morning calls 7. Nordic evening calls or continental salon life 8. The conversation about society life 9. Closing remarks