Search for dissertations about: "György Nováky"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words György Nováky.

2. 1. Converging World Views : The European Expansion and Early-Nineteenth-Century Anglo-Swedish Contacts

   Author : Hanna Hodacs; Catherine Hall; György Novaky; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; European identity; nationalism; Evangelicalism; anti-slavery society; Bible society; mission society; school society; temperance society; tract society.; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen;

   Abstract : The nineteenth-century colonial project transformed conceptions of the globe in ways that reflect the increase in European power over the rest of the world. This study investigates a rather neglected aspect of this process: the development of new images of the world within Europe, and specifically in Britain and Sweden, during the first half of the century. READ MORE

4. 2. Honourable Merchant or Efficient Businessman : The Transformation of Economic Culture and the Leading Economic Actors in Gävle 1765–1869

   Author : Stefan Lundblad; Torkel Jansson; György Nováky; Leos Müller; Christine Bladh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : History; Economic Culture; Merchant; Businessman; Trade; Industrialization; Practice; Symbol; Institutions; History; Gävle; Sweden; Production; Historia;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with how economic actors acted and related to economic institutions that were in a state of change. The question can be formulated as follows: How did the economic culture that Gävle's leading economic actors were a part of change during the period 1765–1869? The aim of the study is to provide new insight into Swedish economic development during this period. READ MORE