Urban Life in Nordic Countries [Hardcover]

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.

1. Northern Cities in European Perspective  Part 1: Cities and State-Building in Early-Modern Empires  2. Copenhagen and Stockholm  Two Kings and Their Capitals in the Early 17th Century: Visions and Reality  3. Swedish Laws and the German Nation  The National Conflict in Nyen: Ingrias Nationality Question  4. The Economic-Military Position of Nyen in the Swedish Kingdom and the Baltic Sea Area in the Late 17th Century  5. A Tale of Two Fortress Towns: Militarization Generating Urbanisation in 18th-Century Helsinki-Sveaborg and Ruotsinsalmi  Part 2: Planning the Nordic Cities  6. Urban Minor Utopias in the Planning ol+