Search for dissertations about: "Social and economic history"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 442 swedish dissertations containing the words Social and economic history.
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11. Framing the water and sanitation challenge : A history of urban water supply and sanitation in Ghana 1909 - 2005
Abstract : This thesis analyses the development of urban water supply and sanitation services in Ghana from 1909 to 2005. Special focus is put on institutional arrangements with regard to networked, large scale and centrally managed water and sewerage services. READ MORE
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12. Distribution and Differences : Stratification and the System of Reproduction in a Swedish Peasant Community 1620-1820
Abstract : This dissertation examines the character, conditions and change of peasant stratification in early modern Sweden. Wherever and whenever one looks, one finds that resources were unevenly spread among peasant households. In the literature, there are different, and conflicting, views compatible with this finding. READ MORE
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13. Pawning in Everyday Life : An exploratory study of pawning at Borås Pawnshop 1922/23
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14. Local Environment at Stake : The Hallandsås Railway Tunnel in a Social and Cultural Context
Abstract : A major trend in facility siting research focuses on economic and psychological aspects of land-use regarding the location of potentially hazardous technological facilities including storage for high-level radioactive waste, landfills, chemical plants, large-scale dams, or waste incinerators. Such facilities frequently have profound environmental impact and are often understood by local citizens as intrusions on their environment that threaten landscape, place, and community. READ MORE
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15. From indentured labourer to free wage worker in South Africa : Some aspects and changes of the Indian South African socio-economic and labour position, 1860-1950
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