Sökning: "rural history"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 207 avhandlingar innehållade orden rural history.
1. Den självstyrda periferin : Lanthushållsundervisningen och styrningen av den svenska landsbygden, 1890-1970
Sammanfattning : Through the formation and development of industrial societies between 1890 and 1970, rural life and agriculture in Europe were made subject to a high degree of social, economic and political planning. This phenomenon of rural governance in the age of high modernity is explored in this thesis, which analyzes the governance of the Swedish countryside through studies of rural domestic education. LÄS MER
2. Polisfrågan i svensk politik : Reformer och institutionell förändring 1875-1965
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates changes in the institutional structures of the Swedish police from the late nineteenth century to the post-war era. State-appointed investigative commissions and parliamentary debates about police reforms are analysed in order to establish the long-term political goals of policing. LÄS MER
3. I fattiga omständigheter : Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to shed light upon the Swedish nineteenth century poor relief system, how it operated in a local rural context, how it changed over time, and not least, who was supported and why. It raises questions about how the poor laws were interpreted on the parish level, how the welfare systems interacted with local society and about who was considered to be poor and entitled to support. LÄS MER
4. Tidigmodern tid : Den sociala tidens roll i fyra lokalsamhällen 1650-1730 : [the role of social time in four local communities 1650-1730]
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines how time-reckoning was used in Swedish courts in the early modem period. The theoretical foundation is that the need for people to coordinate in time becomes more important the larger and more complicated the social context is. LÄS MER
5. Cultivating the Rural Citizen : Modernity, Agrarianism and Citizenship in Late Tsarist Estonia
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the ideas and political practices produced in the emerging rural public sphere in late Tsarist Estonia. The time period is characterized by radical social and economic change and growing national and political self consciousness. LÄS MER
