Search for dissertations about: "port cities"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words port cities.

2. 1. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

   Author : Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. READ MORE

4. 2. Deltaic Dilemmas : Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans

   Author : Joshua Lewis; Henrik Ernstson; Nik Heynen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure; New Orleans; resilience; historical ecology; urban ecology; disturbance; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. READ MORE

5. 3. The Hurricane of Passion : Popular Politics and Emotion in Late Georgian England 1792-1812

   Author : Alvar Blomgren; Sennefelt Karin; Magnus Linnarsson; Margaret Hunt; Katrina Navickas; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Emotion; popular protests; class; gender; urban history; charivari; violence; radicalism; loyalism; conservatism; Pitt’s terror; sympathy; humanitarianism; slavery; capitalism; anger; hate; shame; honour; pride; fear; love; loyalty; joy; laughter; historia; History;

   Abstract : This book casts new light on the struggle over reform in Britain following the French Revolution by studying how Georgians from across the social spectrum sought to enlist popular passions, either in defence of the established order – or in order to subvert and challenge it. Inspired by the history of emotions, practice theory, and social movements theory it introduces the concept of ‘emotional tactics’, defined as the language, material objects, and practices used to encourage emotions for political purposes. READ MORE

6. 4. Quality of snow deposited in urban areas : Storage, load assessment and release of selected pollutants with snowmelt

   Author : Arya Vijayan; Maria Viklander; Helene Österlund; Jiri Marsalek; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering; Centrumbildning - Centrum för dagvattenhantering DRIZZLE ; Centre - Centre for Stormwater Management DRIZZLE ;

   Abstract : Snow deposited in urban areas is exposed to pollutants originating from traffic, wet and dry atmospheric deposition, de-icing chemicals and traction materials. The conventional pollutants found in urban snow include solids (TSS), metals (Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, etc.), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and chlorides. READ MORE