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.

• Preface Deborah Simonton Introduction Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren Section I: Gendered Use of Public Space in the Development of Citizenship Introduction to Section I Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 1. "To Merit the Countenance of the Magistrates": Gender and Civic Identity in Eighteenth-Century Aberdeen Deborah Leigh Simonton 2. Feeling Civic: Emotions, Gender and Civic Identity in Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen Camilla Schjerning 3. Defending Citizenship, Defining Citizenship: Rumours, Pamphleteering and the General Public in the Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen Ulrik Langen 4. Manly Magistrates and Citizenship in an Irish Town: Carlow, 1820-1840 Katie Barclay Section II: Political Conflicts, Unruly Political Behavior and Gendered Citizenship Introduction to Section II Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 5. The Burcot Bear: Gender, Power and Belonging in the Wells Election of 1765 Elaine Chalus 6. Food Riots in Nineteenth-Century Sweden Mats Berglund 7. "For the Defense of Our Liberty": Gender in Dutch Civic Militancy (1780-1800) Stefan Dudink 8. Citizenship in Action: Hanseatic Women’s Wartime Associations Katherine Aaslestad Section III: Citizenship, Philanthropy and Voluntary Work Introduction to Section III Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 9. Citizenship, Poor Relief and the Politics of Gender in Swedish Cities and Towns at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 10. Performing Male Political Citizenship: Local Philanthropy as an Arena for Practicing and Negotiating Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century Denmark Nina Javette Koefoed 11. "On Their Behalf No Agitator Raises His Voice": The Irish Distressed Ladies Fund: Gender, Politics and Urban Philanthropy in Victorian Ireland Andrew G. Newby 12. Honour or Control?: Female Recipients of Prussian State Decorations in a Civic Context Ute Chamberlin 13. Woman, Locality and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain Krista Cowman

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.

• Preface Deborah Simonton Introduction Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren Section I: Gendered Use of Public Space in the Development of Citizenship Introduction to Section I Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 1. "To Merit the Countenance of the Magistrates": Gender and Civic Identity in Eighteenth-Century Aberdeen Deborah Leigh Simonton 2. Feeling Civic: Emotions, Gender and Civic Identity in Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen Camilla Schjerning 3. Defending Citizenship, Defining Citizenship: Rumours, Pamphleteering and the General Public in the Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen Ulrik Langen 4. Manly Magistrates and Citizenship in an Irish Town: Carlow, 1820-1840 Katie Barclay Section II: Political Conflicts, Unruly Political Behavior and Gendered Citizenship Introduction to Section II Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 5. The Burcot Bear: Gender, Power and Belonging in the Wells Election of 1765 Elaine Chalus 6. Food Riots in Nineteenth-Century Sweden Mats Berglund 7. "For the Defense of Our Liberty": Gender in Dutch Civic Militancy (1780-1800) Stefan Dudink 8. Citizenship in Action: Hanseatic Women’s Wartime Associations Katherine Aaslestad Section III: Citizenship, Philanthropy and Voluntary Work Introduction to Section III Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 9. Citizenship, Poor Relief and the Politics of Gender in Swedish Cities and Towns at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 10. Performing Male Political Citizenship: Local Philanthropy as an Arena for Practicing and Negotiating Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century Denmark Nina Javette Koefoed 11. "On Their Behalf No Agitator Raises His Voice": The Irish Distressed Ladies Fund: Gender, Politics and Urban Philanthropy in Victorian Ireland Andrew G. Newby 12. Honour or Control?: Female Recipients of Prussian State Decorations in a Civic Context Ute Chamberlin 13. Woman, Locality and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain Krista Cowman