Essays offering a wide ranging survey of political,economic and cultural aspects of the interaction between the two neighbouring countries during the last two centuries.658pp.
Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003, Cloth/Laminated Boards, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 8772897503

Inventory #5641

Price: £ 20.00 GBP ($ 31.60 approx. - € 24.16 approx.)

Six articles in 'Changing Scenes' represent the ongoing reassessment of fin de siecle literature in Finnish research. The period was seen in earlier research as something of a national renaissance or golden age and interpreted in the light of its national symbols and meanings. Only recently has more attention been paid to its international dimensions and its role in the modernisation of Finnish culture. In particular the spotlight has been trained on the reflection in Finnish literature of manifestations of the degeneration thinking so common in Europe at that time. Research has also picked out works and writers that featured less in earlier studies. 218pp.
Finnish Literature Society, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: . First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9517464398

Inventory #11785

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 28.44 approx. - € 21.74 approx.)

Priced for the two Volumes.
Den Danske Historisk Forening Og Det Kgl.bibliotek, 1993, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. . Heavy Item Postage Quote. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 8770236747

Inventory #111

Price: £ 8.50 GBP ($ 13.43 approx. - € 10.27 approx.)

What are the most popular names of the Ambo people in Namibia? Why do so many Ambos have Finnish first names? What do the African names of these people mean? Why is the namesake so important in Ambo culture? How did the long independence struggle affect personal naming, and what are the latest name-giving trends in Namibia? This study analyses the changes in the personal naming system of the Ambo people in Namibia over the last 120 years, starting from the year 1883 when the first Ambos received biblical and European names at baptism. The central factors in this process were the German and South African colonisation and European missionary work on the one hand, and the rise of African nationalism on the other hand. Eventually, this clash between African and European naming practices led to a new and dynamic naming system which includes elements of both African and European origin. 373pp.
Finnish Literature Society, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: . First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9517465297

Inventory #11781

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 28.44 approx. - € 21.74 approx.)

This beautifully illustrated guide integrates all of the most interesting museums, castles, churches, distinguished historic homes, and architectural sights into their respective landscapes and historical contexts. The capital city Helsinki and 21 traditional districts of Finland are explored. An overview of Finnish history will familiarize visitors with Finland’s political and cultural past and the fascinating people and events that helped to shape it.332pp.
Aava Books, 2005, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9525490009

Inventory #18343

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.75 approx. - € 15.10 approx.)

What is it like to be a professional in today's Nordic public sector organisations? This book describes everyday problems experienced by individuals in official positions. The authors' analyses are set against a background of rising rates of sick leave, more cases of mental burnout, decreasing resources and constant demand for professional improvement. Rapid changes in organisations, such as new forms of leadership, new technology and management by documents and the call for client-oriented practices are part of the professional's working life. The individual professional is the prime focus of this book.Tensions that arise between the individual and the organisation/profession are illustrated by a range of examples of problems that public officials, such as teachers, policemen and nurses, are confronted with on a daily basis. The authors discuss subjects such as increased individualisation, complexity in relationships, intensified pace and fragmentation of work. This title intends to signal an invitation to further the research about a dynamic field where today's professionals meet the requirements of their professions and organisations.371pp.
Nordic Academic Press, 2007, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: New. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9789185509027

Inventory #18367

Price: £ 28.00 GBP ($ 44.24 approx. - € 33.82 approx.)

This is an exploration into how town dwellers experience their environment in a complicated way. As people in urban milieus relate themselves to the environment, this takes place on many levels, where especially the time level becomes problematic. The urban buildings and settings can be looked upon as a kind of collective history, as carriers or witnesses of times past. But it is only the town dwellers that experience urban time itself, the time they live in, but through their memories also times past. In this past some elements take symbolically dense expressions. Through reliving and narrating their experiences the symbolically important factors in the this urban relationship will be outlined for investigations concerning three towns, Helsinki, the capital, Viborg, the ceded and lost Carelian town, and Jyvaskyla, a town with dense commercial and civilisatory dimensions in the middle of Finland. The symbolic aspects are the kern in all the articles of the book Memories of my Town. The aim of the book and its articles has been to use different theoretical concepts as guidelines in analysing the different narrative texts. Thus the articles are to be seen as independent contributions to the scientific discussion about places, urbanism, memories and narratives. The ethnological outlook is on the other hand an outcome of the joint project Town Dwellers and their Places., whereby the articles substantially relate to one another. Thus the book can also be seen as a joint result of this urban project, which was sponsored by the Finnish Academy. 249pp.
Finnish Literature Society, 2004, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: . First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9517464339

Inventory #11782

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 28.44 approx. - € 21.74 approx.)

Peasant revolts are a permanent topic of keen interest and discussion in the historical and social sciences. This book presents a real-time picture of medieval and early modern Nordic peasant movements The Nordic patterns of peasant contention differ greatly from those of Continental European and are little-known outside the Nordic countries. Revolt and unrest in all five present-day Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - are presented here. The great peasant wars of Sweden and Denmark are compared and contrasted with the usually more modest disturbances of peripheral Norway and Finland. Pre-modern Icelandic history is interpreted from the perspective of social conflict for the first time. The emphasis is on analysing the pattern of contentious peasant politics. The keys words are 'political culture', 'forms of protest' and the 'organising principles of peasant contention'. The book describes how changes in society affected the forms of peasant resistance. Studying grass roots peasant movements brings the Nordic peasant of days gone by into the centre stage of historical analysis. 299pp.
Finnish Literature Society, 2004, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: . First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9517466439

Inventory #11784

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 28.44 approx. - € 21.74 approx.)

The West has always been a resource for the Finns. Scholars, artists and other professionals have sought contacts from Europe throughout the centuries. The Finnish experience in Western Europe and the New World is a story of migrant labourers, expatriates and specialists working abroad. But you don't have to be born in Finland to be a Finn. The experiences of second-generation Finnish immigrants and their descendants open up new possibilities for understanding the relationship between Finland and the West. The Finnish passage westward has not always crossed national borders. Karelian evacuees headed west, as did young people from the Finnish countryside when opportunities to make a living in agriculture and forestry diminished in the post-war era. The legacy of these migrants is still visible in the suburbs of Finnish cities today. This book is a joint effort of the Department of Ethnology and the Department of History at the University of Helsinki. It was written by Ph. D. students supervised by Academy Research Fellows Maria Lahteenmaki and Hanna Snellman, in collaboration with colleagues abroad interested in current research in ethnology and history. 247pp.N.B.Two corners slightly bumped.
Finnish Literature Society, 2006, Paperback, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9517468946

Inventory #15540

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

In the Nordic countries regions and regionalism have played a central role in politics, administration, economic and cultural life for a long time. The differences in voting behaviour, language, religious views, social structure and attitudes between districts, regions, and provinces within each country are often striking. In addition to these internal regions, there are also greater, transnational regions, cutting across state and national boundaries, and incorporating parts of several present-day states. The heterogeneous body of recent and ongoing research in regional history provides the foundation and raison d'être of the present volume. The editors have brought together a number of the most active and experienced practitioners in this field, inviting them to present some of the most interesting results from their own research and readings in regional history, in a form accessible also to a non-Nordic readership. We decided to concentrate on the early modern period, in a wide sense, ranging from the fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. This is both the period which seems to be best covered by research and publications, and, even more important, it is a crucial period in the integration of the Nordic regions into wider economic, cultural and political units and networks nationally and internationally: the nation-state, the modern world economy, even civilization itself! 287pp.
Univ Press of Southern Denmark, 2001, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 8778386586

Inventory #15579

Price: £ 25.00 GBP ($ 39.50 approx. - € 30.20 approx.)