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Record Nr.

UNINA9910539104203321

Titolo

The agrarian history of Sweden [[electronic resource] ] : 4000 BC to AD 2000 / / edited by Janken Myrdal & Mats Morell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lund [Sweden], : Nordic Academic Press, c2011

ISBN

91-85509-76-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MyrdalJanken <1949->

MorellMats

Disciplina

630.9485

Soggetti

Agriculture - Sweden - History

Electronic books.

Sweden Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Stiftelsen Lagersberg."

Col. maps on lining-papers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Early farming households, 3900-800 bc; Theme texts: The rituals of agriculture; 2. Agriculture in Sweden, 800 bc-ad 1000; 3. Farming and feudalism, 1000-1700; From peasant rebellion to parliamentary Estate; 4. The agricultural revolution in Sweden, 1700-1870; A wealth of clearable land; 5. Agriculture in industrial society, 1870-1945; Changes in food consumption; 6. The tension between modernity and reality, 1945-2010; Women and men; 7. Swedish agrarian history - the wider view; Notes; Statistical appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Comprehensive and concise, this account details the agrarian history of Sweden?as it is defined by its present national borders?from the Neolithic times to present day. Key historical concepts and events are discussed, including the introduction of planned agriculture alongside the domestication of animals; the feudal relationships and interactions between men and women, various age groups, and different social classes during the Middle Ages; the changes brought about by industrialism and the development of political democracy; the effects