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Nordic Narratives of the Second World War (eBook, ePUB)

National Historiographies Revisited

Redaktion: Henrik Stenius, Stenius; Johan Ostling, Ostling; Mirja Osterberg, Osterberg

Beschreibung

Written by leading Nordic historians, this analysis discusses postwar memory and war historiographies from the perspectives of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden vis-à-vis the Second World War. Focusing on the relationship between scholarly and public understandings of the war, this book presents the overarching themes that set apart the Nordic experience while remaining attentive to the distinctive characteristics of war time in each of the five different countries. A major contribution to the international debate on postwar memory, this fascinating account speaks to all those who have an interest in the modern European history.

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Autor

Henrik Stenius is the research director of the Center for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki. He is a former professor in the department of history at Helsinki University and director of the Finnish Institute in London. He is also a member of the Finnish Center of Excellency of Political Thought and Conceptual Change and a member of the Nordic Center of Excellency of Nordic Welfare Research. Mirja Österberg is a PhD student in history at the Center for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki. Johan Östling is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of history at Lund University. He is the recipient of the Clio Prize and the Nils Klim Prize.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nordic Academic Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789185509805
• Artikelnr.: 72330742