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  1. 21. I want to stay : Local community and prisoners of war at the dawn of the eighteenth century

    Författare :Olof Blomqvist; Heiko Droste; Annika Sandén; Dan H. Andersen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; War captivity; Prisoners of war; Urban history; History of migration; State-building; Honour; Microhistory; Great Northern War; Eighteenth century; Denmark; Saxony; Sweden; Aarhus; Torgau; Uppsala; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about war captivity in the early eighteenth century. It is also about the ways in which early modern local communities negotiated their boundaries towards the outside world. The resident populations’ interaction with prisoners of war (POWs) offers unique perspectives on how local communities handled wartime migrants. LÄS MER

  2. 22. National Relations : Public diplomacy, national identity and the Swedish Institute 1945-1970

    Författare :Nikolas Glover; Pär Frohnert; Mary Hilson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish Institute; public diplomacy; cultural diplomacy; Sweden; history; twentieth century; national identity; nationalism; image of Sweden; Swedishness; communication history; propaganda; cultural exchange; foreign policy; cultural policy; Cold War; History; Historia; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis considers the first twenty-five years of the semi-governmental Swedish Institute for Cultural Exchange with Foreign Countries. Specifically, this is done through an analysis of the Institute’s funding, its policy discussions and its produced materials. LÄS MER

  3. 23. Tariffs, Trade, and Economic Growth in Sweden 1858–1913

    Författare :Viktor Persarvet; Peter Hedberg; Lars Karlsson; Jari Ojala; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign trade; international trade; tariffs; effective rate of protection; trade policy; protectionism; taxes; Sweden; economic growth; structural change; industrialization; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the effects of Swedish tariff policy on trade and economic growth during Sweden’s industrial breakthrough in the second half of the nineteenth century. As the Swedish economy developed, its tariff policy also changed from relatively liberal to more protectionist. LÄS MER

  4. 24. Constructing a Pipe-Bound City : A History of Water Supply, Sewerage, and Excreta Removal in Norrköping and Linköping, Sweden, 1860-1910

    Författare :Jonas Hallström; Jan-Olof Drangert; Marie C. Nelson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; water supply; sewerage; waste disposal; actor-network theory; urban history; environmental history; history of technology; history of public health; vatten och avlopp; vattenförsörjning; avfallshantering; hitstoria; Sverige; History; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : In the mid- to late 19th century, modern pipe-bound water and sewer systems proliferated in European cities, a development that has sometimes been regarded as a necessary result of a sanitary awakening and the progress of science and technology. By analyzing the introduction and subsequent expansion of water, sewerage, and excreta collection on the local level, in the Swedish cities Norrköping and Linköping, this oversimplified picture is questioned. LÄS MER

  5. 25. The political economy of emission standards : politics, business and the making of vehicle emission regulations in Sweden and Europe, 1960-1980s

    Författare :Mattias Näsman; Ann-Kristin Bergquist; Kristina Söderholm; Per Högselius; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; history; car industry; environmental governance; environmental regulation; air pollution; transition; vehicle emissions; transnational; European integration; standards; knowledge creation; linking; delinking; expertise; business power; lobbying; California Effect Hypothesis; ekonomisk historia; Economic History; History; historia; sustainability; hållbarhet;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to an improved historical understanding of the challenges and complexities involved in constructing systems of governance of motor vehicle air pollution. The specific aim of the study is to explore the development of regulatory vehicle emission standards in Sweden between 1960 and the 1980s as well as to analyze this development within its broader European economic, regulatory and environmental policy context by adopting a transnational approach. LÄS MER