History of Scandinavia af T. K. Derry (Bog)

Increasingly transnationally organized economies and the developments in Europe in the wake of 1989 have put the question of 'Norden' on the agenda in the North. What did historically constructed ideas of Nordic community represent in the framework of the new preconditions for European integration? What have such ideas meant historically? How has 'Norden' as a community of destiny been constructed culturally? Type: Hardcover

En beskrivelse af hovedlinjerne i Danmarks og danskernes historie, der belyser de almindelige levevilkår, samfundets organisering og de politiske magtforhold i de enkelte perioder Titel: Danmark fra oldtid til nutid Udgave: 2. udgave Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: Danmark fra oldtid til nutid er en beskrivelse af Danmarks og danskernes historie frem til i dag. Der er lagt vægt på at belyse både de almindelige levevilkår, samfundets organisering og de politiske magtforhold, men vægtningen af de forskellige aspekter varierer alt efter hver enkelt periodes særlige karakter. Danmark fra oldtid til nutid anvender enkeltpersoner og samtidige citater til at eksemplificere og levendegøre den historiske udvikling. Type: Paperback

From the Middle Ages to the Present The first general history of the evolution of European states and nations from medieval times to the present. 'Schulze demonstrates a high level of competence in tracing the growth of the nation and the state from the time of Charlemagne to the reign of Napoleon. But it is in his account of that point in the early nineteenth century when the nation and state fuse that his book achieves brilliance. Choice This book describes the twin evolutions of nation and state from the Middle Ages to the present and links them to stages in European cultural history. The author contrasts the development of the state in different parts of Europe and shows how the concept merged with the idea of the nation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The modern idea of the nation state, he argues, is rooted in the fundamental changes that took place during the industria

En bog med titlen 'Danmarks kulturhistorie'. Forsiden er mørkeblå med guldtekst og et illustration. Bogen virker at have en solid hardcover og ser ud til at være brugt. Det er en del af en serie eller samling om Danmarks kulturhistorie. Titel: Danmarks kulturhistorie bog Genre: Historisk Type: Hardcover

Forlag: Rosenkilde og Bagger Type: Paperback

Forlag: Bogklubben 12 BØGER Type: Hardcover

The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes. 'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world. Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen. 54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves. Norway is the richest country on earth. 5 per cent of Danish men have had sex with an animal. Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic that has engulfed the rest of the world. He leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker pictur