Syllabus:

Milestones in Swedish History III, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Milestones in Swedish History III

This syllabus is valid: 2012-12-31 and until further notice

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Course code: 1HI024

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: History: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

The course deals with the economic, social and political changes connected to the industrialization and urbanization processes in Sweden. The population changes during the demographic transition is stressed and phenomena like the emigration to the United States will be dealt with in particular. Specific interest will be paid to the native people of northern Sweden, the Saami.

Expected learning outcomes

- the student must have an overall knowledge of Swedish history during the 19th century and early 20th century.
- the student shall be able to discuss social, political and cultural change in Sweden during the period
- the student shall be able to discuss living conditions among people from a class and gender perspective

Required Knowledge

History 1b/1a1+1a2, Civics 1b/1a1+1a2, or History A, Civics A

Form of instruction

Teaching is conducted through tutorials and group exercises.

Examination modes

Examination will include written reports and individual essays. The grade is an overall assessment of the performance at the various examinations and is awarded first when all of the compulsory modules are passed.

Academic credit transfer
Academic credit transfers are reviewed individually.

Literature

Valid from: 2013 week 9

Magnusson Lars
An economic history of Sweden
London : Routledge : 2000 : xvii, 305 s. :
ISBN: 0-415-18167-4 (hbk)
Mandatory
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Barton H Arnold
The Swedish Succession Crisis of 1809 and 1810 and the question of Scandinavian Union
Essays on Scandinavian History Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press : 2009 :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp 136-160. (24 p)

Barton H Arnold
From Warfare to Welfare State. Sweden's Search for a New Identity"
Essays on Scandinavian History Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univesity Press : 2009 :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp. 256-267 (11p)

Carlsson Sten
Chronology and composition of Swedish emigration to America
From Sweden to America. a history of migration. Minneapolis : 1976 :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp114-148 (34 p)

Edgren Lars
Craftsmen and political consciousness in Sweden 1850-1900
Included in:
The Scandinavian middle classes 1840-1940
Oslo : Unipub forlag - Oslo Academic Press : 2004 : 317 s. :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp 149-183 (34p)

Amft A
Silent in the church. Sami women in reindeer-herding Society 1886-1996
Frånberg, Gun-Marie (ed) The social construction of gender in different cultural contexts : 1998 :
Mandatory

Hallberg Peter
Mirrors of the nation : the construction of national character and difference in the historical writings of E. G. Geijer
Included in:
Scandinavian journal of history
Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell : 1976- :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: (28 p)

Kälvemark Ann-Sofie
Swedish Emigration Policy in an International Perspective 1840-1925.
From Sweden to America. A history of migration. Minneapolis : 1976 :
Mandatory

Nilsson Torbjörn
A House for the Elite: the Upper House, the State and Modernization in Sweden 1867-1886
Elitens svängrum (diss. Summary), Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International : 1994 :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp 287-294 (7 p.)

Åberg Ingrid
Revivalism, philanthropy and emancipation : women's liberation and organization in the early nineteenth century
Included in:
Scandinavian journal of history
Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell : 1976- :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: (25 p.)

Valid from: 2012 week 8

Barton H. Arnold
Essays on Scandinavian history
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press : c2009. : 286 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-8093-2886-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Mandatory
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Kent Neil
A concise history of Sweden
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 2008 : 300 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-521-81284-9
Mandatory
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