Essays about: "1950s"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 168 essays containing the word 1950s.

  1. 1. Analys av föda för vitryggig hackspett och rödlistade vedlevande skalbaggar : utvärdering av tre olika behandlingar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Emma Mattsson; Lena Ostermann; [2023]
    Keywords : Vitryggig hackspett; vedlevande skalbaggar; paraplyart; rödlista; biologisk mångfald; död ved; restaurering;

    Abstract : Den vitryggiga hackspetten har sedan 1950-talet blivit en sällsynt art i det svenska landskapet. Nedgången beror främst på det moderna skogsbruket där barrskog till stor del har ersatt blandbestånd och gammal lövskog. READ MORE

  3. 2. Internal migration and urban labor markets: evidence from expellee flows in West Germany in the 1950s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Theresa Glatter; [2023]
    Keywords : migration; expellees; West Germany; urban labor markets; GIS; spatial analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study evaluates the impact of expellee migration on urban labor markets in West Germany in the 1950s. By utilizing newly digitized data and empirically accounting for the spatial context, the results show that the migration of expellees played a significant role in accelerating sectoral change, while cities with a high initial inflow were impeded in the pace of sectoral change. READ MORE

  4. 3. The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Birgitta Sundell-Rånby; [2023]
    Keywords : Agriculture; German immigration; habitus; historic archaeology; landscape archaeology; Agrikultur; tyska immigranter; habitus; historisk arkeologi; landskaps arkeologi;

    Abstract : America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Annika Salisbury; [2023]
    Keywords : Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ecocriticism; postcolonial ecocriticism; ecofeminism; climate change criticism; voice; agency; urgency.; Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ekokritik; postkolonial ekokritik; ekofeminism; klimatkritik; röst; agens; brådska.;

    Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE

  6. 5. Levande historia i Nilstorp : biologiskt kulturarv och hållbar stadsutveckling i 1950-talets omsorgsfulla stadsplanering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ingrid Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : biologiskt kulturarv; grönstruktur; landskap; kulturlandskap; hållbar stadsutveckling; kulturmiljöer; trädgårdsstad; omsorgsfull gestaltning;

    Abstract : Kulturhistoriska miljöer återfinns i många olika skepnader i dagens samhälle och gemensamt för alla kulturhistoriska miljöer är att de på ett eller annat sätt har formats eller skapats av människan. Biologiskt kulturarv är en del av vår kulturhistoria och handlar om hur människan nyttjat naturen för eget behov och brukande. READ MORE