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1. Höstens spöke : de svenska polioepidemiernas historia
Sammanfattning : Polio epidemics appeared in Sweden in 1881 and at the turn of the 20th century the disease became an annual feature in the epidemiological pattern. Due to vaccination starting in 1957 epidemics ceased to exist in Sweden around 1965. LÄS MER
2. Gångtunneln : Urbana erfarenheter i svensk ungdomslitteratur 1890–2010
Sammanfattning : This thesis shows that the urban experience is a fundamental part of the development of the Swedish young adult novel by analysing city representations in Swedish young adult literature from 1890 to 2010. By suggestion that there is a strong bond between the notion of the urban and that of adolescence this study examines continuity and change in representations of coming-of-age, focusing especially on intersections between age, gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality. LÄS MER
3. Ryktbarhetens ansikte : Verner von Heidenstam, medierna och personkulten i sekelskiftets Sverige
Sammanfattning : Ryktbarhetens ansikte behandlar en tidigare outforskad aspekt av svensk litteraturoch kulturhistoria: författaren som celebritet. Kändisskap är ingen senmodern företeelse kopplad till uppkomsten av medieformer som film eller television. LÄS MER
4. Historien om den antroposofiska humanismen : den antroposofiska bildningsidén i idéhistoriskt perspektiv 1880 - 1980
Sammanfattning : This paper has two objectives. First: the humanistic idea of knowledge, philosophically formulated by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), should be presented in relation to history of ideas. LÄS MER
5. Den klassicistiska vändningen i det tidiga 1900-talets svenska arkitektur : En studie av Liljevalchs konsthall, Kungstornen och Kanslihuset i Stockholm
Sammanfattning : The starting point of the thesis consists of a number of statements by prominent representatives of the cultural elite characterising architecture with references to classicism as the modern architecture. In the following years Swedish architecture was dominated by references to classical historical architecture focussing on the ideal of simplicity, which in turn formed a wider conceptual framework of ideas and ideals for architectural creation. LÄS MER