Urban Life in Nordic Countries

Heiko Droste

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032387215
• eBook ISBN: 9781003802587
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historiography
• Index: History

Based on empirical studies, this book investigates the particular urban history of the North from the 17th century until today in a comparative, Northern perspective.

Urban Life in Nordic Countries is the result of a conference on "Urbanity in the Periphery" held in Stockholm on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Urban History at Stockholm University, aimed at establishing the field of the urban history of the North and creating a network of urban historians of the North. With a broad range of contributions from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Estonia, the volume seeks to further discourse on the region within national and transnational lenses, and to highlight possibilities for new cooperation among researchers.

Urban history is a transdisciplinary subject, engaging not only historians but also ethnologists, sociologists, urban planners, and cultural geographers, and this book targets all scholars whose work requires a historical understanding of the Northern town. European urban historians outside the region will also find this text valuable as one of the few studies to consider the urban history of the continent from a North-centered viewpoint.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of boxes
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Northern cities in European perspective
• Part I Cities and state-building in early modern empires
• Part II Planning the Nordic cities
• Part III Social fabric and infrastructures
• Part IV Nordic cities meeting the 21st century
• Part V Making sense of urban history
• Index