Essays about: "1914"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word 1914.

  1. 1. Constitutional Crisis And Securitisation : A Political Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Courtyard Crisis, 6-18 February 1914

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Micaela Edhager; [2023]
    Keywords : Courtyard Crisis; Constitutional Crisis; Courtyard Speech; Government Crisis; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Parliamentarism; Political Discourse Analysis;   Securitisation; Securitisation Theory; Sweden; Borggårdskrisen; Borggårdstalet; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Konstitutionskris; Regeringskris;

    Abstract : In February 1914, Sweden faced a time of constitutional crisis, dubbed the Courtyard Crisis, when King Gustaf V publicly distanced himself from Prime Minister Karl Staaff and the Liberal Government over differences of opinion regarding the Swedish defence. Behind this, however, was also a dispute between two different political systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Forest, Tree, and Shrub limit responses to a century of climate change in Northern Norway

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Ella Björsbo; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate warming; growing season length; forest limit; tree limit; shrub limit;

    Abstract : Climate changes have been observed in the Northern Hemisphere during the last century, causing a longer growing season and upslope expansion of forest, tree, and shrub limits. Here, a long-term historical perspective was used as a tool for investigating how climate change has impacted woody plants at the forest, tree, and shrub limits across the study region. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Benjaminian Gaze on the Representation of Historical Conjunctures in the Illustrated Magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung 1924-1935

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : John Norrman; [2022]
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    Abstract : Denna magistertes undersöker hur bildrepresentationer av förflutna och samtida konjunkturer används, i den tyska kommunistiska tidskriften Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung(AIZ, 1921-38) under perioden 1924-1935. Under dessa år, då tidskriften bar namnet AIZ, var den också som mest populär. READ MORE

  5. 4. To portray the beautiful, exotic and feminine land of cheap export : How Sweden imagined Japan during Japonism, from 1858 to 1914

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Hugo Ingemarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Japan studies; image of Japan; Japonisme; Sweden; Orientalism; Ethnocentrism; Colonialism; digital archives; Julia Beck; Richard Bergh; Leander Engström; Gustavsberg; Einar Jolin; Nils Kreuger; Carl Larsson; Karl Nordström; Jenny Nyström; Helmer Osslund; Rörstrand; Alf Wallander; Carl Wilhelmson; Anders Zorn;

    Abstract : This master thesis explores the image of Japan in the artistic creations during Japonism in Sweden. Japan and Sweden first started trading in 1868 and knowledge about Japan in Sweden were limited at best. With the emergence of the Western art movement known as Japonism, ranging from 1858 to 1914, fascination for the unknown country grew in Europe. READ MORE

  6. 5. Security Transaction Taxes and Long-Term Volatility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Guillem Ventura I Gabarró; [2021]
    Keywords : Securities tax; financial transaction tax; volatility; financial market; Tobin tax;

    Abstract : The impact of Security Transaction Taxes (STTs) on the financial market has been studied by authors for decades, showing mixed results between positive, negative, or insignificant relations between STTs and financial volatility. This thesis adds a new approach to previous studies by taking an innovative long-term approach to the topic, analysing the effect of both the New York State STT (1905 – 1981) and the United States STT (1914 – 1966) on volatility in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ as measured by the S&P500 Index. READ MORE