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  1. 1. Trafikslag på undantag : Cykeltrafiken i Stockholm 1930-1980

    Författare :Martin Emanuel; Arne Kaijser; Mikael Hård; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bicycle traffic; bicycle planning; city traffic regime; Copenhagen; Denmark; history; history of technology; ideology; materialised interpretation; representation; Stockholm; Sweden; traffic engineering; traffic planning; traffic policy; 20th century; urban history; urban planning; 1900-talet; cykeltrafik; cykelplanering; Danmark; ideologi; Köpenhamn; materialiserad tolkning; representation; stadshistoria; stadsplanering; stadstrafikregim; Stockholm; Sverige; teknikhistoria; trafikteknik; trafikplanering; trafikpolitik;

    Sammanfattning : The modal share of bicycle traffic in Stockholm increased from 20 per cent to over 30 per cent during the 1930s, and reached staggering levels during World War Two – peaking at over 70 per cent. Soon after the war, however, the share declined rapidly. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gendered routes and courses : The socio-spatial mobility of migrants in nineteenth-century Sundsvall, Sweden

    Författare :Lotta Vikström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emancipation; gender; geographical mobility; illegitimacy; industrialization; life-course; migration; nineteenth century; social mobility; women; Sundsvall; Sweden; urbanization;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines migrants during a time of large-scale socio-economic transformations. These changes were particularly evident in the nineteenth-century town of Sundsvall, Sweden, to which thousands of men and women moved. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Steel Making Hunter-Gatherers in Ancient Arctic Europe

    Författare :Carina Bennerhag; Kristina Söderholm; Eva Hjärthner-Holdar; Sara Hagström Yamamoto; Roine Wiklund; Marianne Skandfer; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iron Metallurgy; Archaeometallurgy; Ancient Steel; Arctic Europe; Hunter-Gatherers; Landscape; Climate; Taskscape; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : Based on findings made by Norrbotten County Museum around 2010 in the vicinity of Sangis in Arctic Sweden of advanced iron and steel production in a hunter-gatherer setting dated to the pre-Roman Iron Age (c. 200-50 BC), the aim of the present thesis is twofold. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Engines of Growth : Essays in Swedish Economic History

    Författare :Thor Berger; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Regional growth; Transportation infrastructure; Urbanization;

    Sammanfattning : Sweden experienced a remarkable economic transformation between the 18th century and the outbreak of World War I. This dissertation consists of four self-contained papers that uses a quantitative empirical approach to identify key drivers of this transformation by analyzing the contribution of the potato to economic growth, the determinants of the early investments in mass schooling, and how the rollout of the national railroad network shaped rural and urban growth patterns from the mid-19th century to the present day. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Making a natural monopoly : the configuration of a techno-economic order in Swedish telecommunications

    Författare :CF Helgesson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Natural economic orders are made and unmade. Industries such as telecommunications, rail transportation, and electricity distribution are prime examples. In the last two decades we have witnessed the widespread unmaking of these long established public natural monopolies. LÄS MER