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  1. 11. Relations of Absence : Germans in the East Indies and Their Families c. 1750–1820

    Författare :Francisca Hoyer; Margaret R. Hunt; Claudia Jarzebowski; Renate Dürr; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; British East India Company; Dutch East India Company; Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; 18th century; 19th century; Southeast Asia; India; Cape Colony; Brandenburg-Prussia; German history; global family history; new imperial history; gender history; history of emotions; concubinage; inter-ethnic unions; colonialism; slavery; Ostindienfahrer; petitions;

    Sammanfattning : In the early modern period thousands of Germans, mostly men but also a few women and children, travelled to the Indian Ocean world in the service of the Dutch and British East India companies (VOC and EIC). Family played a key role for these Ostindienfahrer (East Indies travellers). LÄS MER

  3. 12. Kunst og nasjon : Brytninger i kunstsynet i Norge 1750–1905

    Författare :Randi C. Solheim; Anna Källén; Peter Gillgren; Jan von Bonsdorff; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; art theory; historiography; close reading; longue durée; nation-building; nationalism; Norway; 18th century; 19th century; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis examines the art theoretical discourse, in Norway, from the mid eighteenth century up to 1905. The objective of the study has been to identify and analyse the most important art theoretical positions in treatises and other programmatic texts and works of art. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Kvinnovärldar och barnamord. Makt, ansvar och gemenskap i rättsprotokoll ca 1700 - 1840

    Författare :Helena Hagelin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; women worlds; social relations; infanticide; 18th century; 19th century; power; resposibility; collectivity; gender; household;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of the thesis is to examine how women, through women worlds, were able to execute power and responsibility during the 18th and 19th centuries. The main source of the investigation has been court records on cases of infanticide. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Traditionella nyheter : Kläder, ekonomi och politik i Virestad socken 1750-1850

    Författare :Martina Böök; Malin Lennartsson; Christer Ahlberger; Hanna Enefalk; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural history; clothing; costume; fashion; microhistory; Sweden; 18th century; 19th century; early modern; Virestad; peasant; national costumes; estate inventories; kulturhistoria; kläder; folkdräkt; folkligt dräktskick; mode; mikrohistoria; Sverige; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; tidigmodern; Virestad; allmoge; bouppteckningar; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : During the first half of the 20th century, ethnologists investigated rural parts of Sweden. They hoped to uncover traces of a truly ancient culture which they imagined had been preserved unchanged in so-called relic areas. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

    Författare :Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. LÄS MER