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This book explores social media and technology across the lifespan.
The authors argue that those of different ages and life stages have
very diverse experiences with these types of media and demonstrate
the importance of analysing the entire lifespan in the context of
technology use. They acknowledge and celebrate social media for the
positives that it can bring to our lives but also recognise that
there may be challenges for particular developmental stages.
The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and
Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April
1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and
co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each
country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the
seventy years since the invasion, and this collection by leading
historians examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression as
well as the long-term legacies for each country's self-image and
national identity. The Scandinavian countries' war experience
fundamentally changed how each nation functioned in the post-war
world by altering political structures, the dynamics of their
societies, the inter-relationships between the countries and the
popular view of the wartime political and social responses to
totalitarian threats. Hitler was no respecter of the rights of the
Scandinavian nations but he and his associates dealt surprisingly
differently with each of them. In the post-war period, this has
caused problems of interpretation for political and cultural
historians alike. Drawing on the latest research, this volume will
be a welcome addition to the comparative histories of Scandinavia
and the Second World War.
This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second
World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues,
dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the
conflict. Interest in Sweden's wartime experiences has increased
due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed German
troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading
with the Nazi regime during the holocaust years. Many
misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a
result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides
during that time. Readers of this book will gain a fresh, broad
view of the period, personalities and problems from a Swedish
orientation.
It is hard to imagine a time when coffee drinking was not part of
every-day life and yet it was not until the end of the seventeenth
century that it became widespread in Europe. The visit of the
Turkish Ambassador to Louis XIV's court in 1669 helped to make
coffee-drinking fashionable in France, so it is not surprising that
it was a Frenchman who chose to extol its delights, not to mention
its health-giving properties, in a long poem written in Latin, a
popular language for verse throughout Europe until well into the
eighteenth century. L'Abbe Guillaume Massieu, priest turned
teacher, gives a witty yet instructive account of the origins of
coffee, its real or alleged properties, and how to make the perfect
cup, an account which loses none of its sparkle and humour in John
T. Gilmore's masterly translation.
The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and
Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April
1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and
co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each
country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the
seventy years since the invasion, and this collection by leading
historians examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression as
well as the long-term legacies for each country's self-image and
national identity. The Scandinavian countries' war experience
fundamentally changed how each nation functioned in the post-war
world by altering political structures, the dynamics of their
societies, the inter-relationships between the countries and the
popular view of the wartime political and social responses to
totalitarian threats. Hitler was no respecter of the rights of the
Scandinavian nations but he and his associates dealt surprisingly
differently with each of them. In the post-war period, this has
caused problems of interpretation for political and cultural
historians alike. Drawing on the latest research, this volume will
be a welcome addition to the comparative histories of Scandinavia
and the Second World War.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
It is hard to imagine a time when coffee drinking was not part of
every-day life and yet it was not until the end of the seventeenth
century that it became widespread in Europe. The visit of the
Turkish Ambassador to Louis XIV's court in 1669 helped to make
coffee-drinking fashionable in France, so it is not surprising that
it was a Frenchman who chose to extol its delights, not to mention
its health-giving properties, in a long poem written in Latin, a
popular language for verse throughout Europe until well into the
eighteenth century. L'Abbe Guillaume Massieu, priest turned
teacher, gives a witty yet instructive account of the origins of
coffee, its real or alleged properties, and how to make the perfect
cup, an account which loses none of its sparkle and humour in John
T. Gilmore's masterly translation.
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