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
Contents
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 Search the University Library catalogue
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.)
