Essays about: "swedish empire"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words swedish empire.
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1. "Diss ist der Mann, der helfen kann"* : Swedish protection-selling in German illustrated broadsheets, 1630-1633.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This study examines German illustrated broadsheets that were manufactured and published in the Holy Roman Empire between 1630-1633. They were part of a pro-Swedish media campaign launched soon after the arrival of the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf and the Swedish army in the Holy Roman Empire in June 1630 with the intention to legitimate the Swedish king’s presence in the Holy Roman Empire. READ MORE
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2. Beyond The Surface of Language Learning. An Analysis of EFL Textbooks and Their Representation of Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle Cultures
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : The aim of this study was to analyze EFL textbooks used in Swedish upper secondary schools to investigate the representation of Kachru’s three Circles of English – the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle – as well as their cultures. The study contained both a quantitative and a qualitative approach, collecting data from three EFL textbooks. READ MORE
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3. Publicly Listed or Privately Held: A Comparison of Investment Behavior
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We compare investment levels and investment sensitivities of public and private firms along the dimensions of assets, human capital and innovation. For a sample constructed to include a broad universe of Swedish firms, we find that public firms have higher investment levels and investment sensitivities than those that are private, with the differences being statistically and economically significant. READ MORE
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4. Thinking outside the Baltic : Swedish ambitions in Norway at the height of the Great Power Era
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the seldom researched Swedish geopolitical interests inNorway in the first half of the 17th century, with the brief 1658 conquest of Trondheim as itscentral event of inquiry. Through the study of privy council protocols and chancellor AxelOxenstierna’s correspondence, the study builds a case for the confluence of security, commerce, andthe concepts of nations as the influencing factors that shaped Swedish imperial foreign policy in thedecades leading up to the dramatic war of 1658, yielding a theoretical construction of the Empire’sBaltic doctrine, or the Oxenstierna doctrine, as an explanatory model for Sweden’s early modernexpansion patterns. READ MORE
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5. CREATING BETTER URBAN SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH In Urbanization
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Policy on Planning for Children and Youth in urbanization environment. Enriching Urban Cityscape for Children and Youth through Scandinavian (Swedish and Danish) child methodology on the old European planning model. In this model, traffic management has the most potential in planning. READ MORE
