Mollösundets äldre historia är, liksom övriga skärgårdssamhällens, höljd i dunkel. Vår kunskap om vad som hänt före 1500-talets mitt är i de flesta fall endast fragmentarisk.På Mollön finns ett flertal mycket tydliga fornlämningar av olika karaktär. Här finns bronsåldersrösen, tom[...]

Ingen har gjort lika mycket för spridningen av svensk litteratur i USA som Leif Sjöberg (1925 2000). Från sin position som professor i Scandinavian Studies publicerade han en strid ström av introduktioner till viktiga författarskap och var dessutom verksam som översättare, ofta i samarbete me[...]

Why, in the context of a damages claim, are competitive industries more likely to pass on cost increases to consumers than less competitive industries? When can a merger or joint venture result in lower prices, even if there are no cost efficiencies? How can it be rational for a network provider t[...]

Gunnar Asplund's Courthouse Extension (1933-36) is one of the most important buildings in the history of the modern movement. Located in the port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, it presented a strikingly new conception of the role of law and the state. This study places Asplund's building into the wider[...]

Eric Gyllenstierna (1882-1940) innehade som fideikommissarie Krapperups gods i Skåne. Under sina juridikstudier i Lund deltog han livligt i det glada - och dyrbara - studentliv, som så vältaligt skildrats av Fritiof Nilsson Piraten i "Tre terminer", där Gyllenstierna har en framträdande roll. H[...]

This book explains and demonstrates how the Norwegian case of environmentalism is unique. The two connected anomalies of an inclusive and state friendly society and a strong orientation and commitment to local communities make the case stand apart from mainstream international definitions of environ[...]

The intellectual trajectory of Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician, brings us through many of the major issues in the world economy and politics of the 20th century. This new volume explores Myral's work on three major themes: breaking away from conventional [...]

This book presents the first full-length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger's groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasizes the role played by private property rights. Ownership economics gives an alternative explanation of money and interest, proposing that operations e[...]

Drawing on more than a decade of inter-disciplinary research, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts, data and research on new work organizations and the concept of 'work without boundaries'.* Explores a concept of work that is not restricted by traditional o[...]

This extensive survey of consonant harmony in the world's languages reveals surprising diversity in the featural dimensions involved, and uncovers new empirical generalizations and tendencies. Striking parallels with phonological speech errors suggest a connection to the psycholinguistic domain of s[...]