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After the Deluge
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 35.00Robert Frost examines the reasons for the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Swedish invasion of 1655. more...
The Age of Liberty
Cambridge University Press 1986; US$ 42.00An analysis of the period when Sweden was 'the freest country in the world'. more...
The Archaeology of Regional Technologies
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 159.95This anthology methodologically examines the relation between material culture, technology, regions, regionalisation and regional identities from a wide range of angles and perspectives. This theoretical resource for archaeologists, anthropologists, and ethnographers contains 14 essays that discuss and develop archaeological relevant understandings... more...
Back to Modern Reason
Liverpool University Press 1999; US$ 70.00A revised and translated edition of Mot det moderna förnuftet, published in 1992. Utilising the diaries from the 1780s of Johan Hjerpe, the study focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions and contemporary social life in Stockholm. more...
A Brief History of the Vikings
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 13.11'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.'Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great... more...
Contact, Continuity, and Collapse
Brepols Publishers 2003; US$ 84.00This collection of ten papers investigates the Norse colonization of the North Atlantic region, starting with Viking expansion in Arctic Norway and ending with a discussion of the longterm implications of medieval Scandinavian exploration of the New World. more...
Culture Unbound
Nordic Academic Press 1997; US$ 19.99Explaining the mechanisms behind the larger processes of globalization, modernization, and cultural imperialism, this book explores the realms of daily life in Sweden and how cultural impulses are actually integrated in the lives of ordinary people. The dreams, opinions, actions, and consumption desires of individuals with different social backgrounds... more...
Culture and Customs of Sweden
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 50.00Culture and Customs of Sweden is an ideal introduction to this fascinating nation. The book opens with a broad overview of the country and then examines specific themes such as religion, marriage, family, gender issues, education, holidays, popular customs, sports and leisure, media, literature, performing arts, art, and architecture. ||Throughout,... more...
CultureShock! Sweden
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! Sweden contains all the essential tips and advice you will need to establish your niche in a country that is home to some of the last remaining wildernesses in the world. Discover how the ideas of lagom (just enough) and trygghet (security) contribute to the making of the Swedish character and why a Swede is reserved, quiet and fastidious... more...
Emanuel Swedenborg, Secret Agent on Earth and in Heaven
BRILL 2011; US$ 298.00Drawing on unpublished diplomatic and Masonic archives, this study reveals the career of Emanuel Swedenborg as a secret intelligence agent for Louis XV and the pro-French, pro-Jacobite party of ?Hats? in Sweden. Utilizing Kabbalistic meditation techniques, he sought political intelligence on earth and in heaven. more...









