Sweden in the eighteenth-century world
Subtitle: provincial cosmopolitans
By: edited by Göran Rydén
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781409465881; 9781409465898; 9781409465904
Subjects: Social life and customs; Cosmopolitanism; Civilization; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-343) and index.
Table of contents: title: Provincial Cosmopolitanism : An Introduction / Göran Rydén; title: Where in the World was Sweden? : A Brief Guide for Foreigners / Chris Evans; title: Language; title: The Language of Cosmos : The Cosmopolitan Endeavour of Universal Languages / David Dunér; title: Cultivation; title: Swedish Agriculture in the Cosmopolitan Eighteenth century / Mats Morell; title: Taste; title: Travelling and the Formation of Taste : The European Journey of Bengt Ferrner and Jean Lefebure, 1758-1763 / Lars Berglund; title: Liberty; title: Eskilstuna Fristad : The Beginnings of an Urban Experiment / Göran Rydén; title: Image; title: Prints and Attraction in Eighteenth-Century Stockholm / Sonya Peterson; title: Faith; title: In Defence of Freedom : Christianity and the Pursuit of Human Happiness in Anders Chydenius's World / Carola Nordbäck; title: Peace; title: Sweden's Neutrality and the Eighteenth-Century Inter-State System / Leos Müller; title: Colour; title: Runaway Colours : Recognisability and Categorisation in Sweden and Early America, 1750-1820 / Karin Sennefelt; title: Manners; title: When Sweden Harboured Idlers : Gender and Luxury in Public Debates, c. 1760-1830 / Karin Hassan Jansson; title: Slavery; title: A Divided Space : Subjects and Others in the Swedish West Indies during the Late Eighteenth Century / Holger Weiss; title: Compassion; title: A World of Fiction : Bengt Lidner and Global Compassion in Eighteenth-Century Sweden / Anna Cullhed; title: Sveaborg and the End of the Swedish Cosmopolitan Eighteenth Century : An Epilogue / Göran Rydén and Holger Weiss.