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6. Drömmen om det egna huset : Från bostadsförsörjning till livsprojekt
Sammanfattning : Swedish housing research has disproportionately concentrated on the study of apartment blocks and on how to create functioning neighbourhoods and neighbourliness, as part of a national housing policy that aimed at building apartment blocks for ordinary families. Yet at the same time, most Swedish families with children have been choosing to live in an owner occupied house. LÄS MER
7. Marknad och hushåll : Sparande och krediter i Falun 1820-1910 utifrån ett livscykelperspektiv
Sammanfattning : The primary aim of this thesis has been to analyse the transformation of the Swedish capital market from a household perspective. The investigation shows that the transition from a mostly private credit market to a more institutionalised credit market took place at the end of the nineteenth century. LÄS MER
8. Small town, big move : Constructions of place in transiting mining communities
Sammanfattning : The dissertation accounts for construction of place in mining communities as they undergo a major urban transformation. In the 2010s, urban centres in the northern Sweden mining communities of Gällivare and Kiruna entered a new execution phase of a large-scale transformation precipitated by ground subsidence caused by mining activities, a transformation that continues. LÄS MER
9. Making a life: Meanings of migration in Cape Verde
Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the meanings and practices associated with migratin in Cape Verde, and the social an historical space in which these are produced. More specifically, it analyses an ideology of migration that concerns collective experiences of Cape Verde's history, political economy, ecology and geography as well as notions about the life of the person. LÄS MER
10. Till stadsbornas nytta och förlustande : Den offentliga parken i Sverige under 1800-talet
Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to study the public parks in Sweden during the nineteenth century. It focuses on three general factors – decision process, design, and function – and is to a great extent based on previously unstudied material including town councils' minutes, drawings, and other contemporary sources. LÄS MER