A History of Denmark

Knud J.V. Jespersen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2004
MacMillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-65917-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In this study, Knud J.V. Jespersen traces the historical roots of the modern Danish state and Denmark's international position at the beginning of the 21st century. Taking the Reformation as the point at which modern Danish society began to emerge, Jespersen explains how modern Denmark was shaped by 500 years of wars, territorial losses, domestic upheavals, new methods of production and changes in thought. He goes on to explore the development of a specific sense of Danish identity, and discusses whether the Danes can be most aptly described as a tribe or as a nation.

Autor

KNUD J.V. JESPERSEN is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark and Royal Historiographer to H.M. the Queen of Denmark.

Inhalt

Introduction - what is Denmark and who are the Danes?; foreign and security policy - from gatekeeper of the Baltic to a midget state; domestic policy, 1500-1848 - the era of aristocracy and absolutism; domestic policy, 1848-2000 - democracy and the welfare state; the church and culture from Luther to postmodernism; economic conditions - the old Denmark, 1500-1800; economic conditions - the new Denmark, 1800-2000;the Danes - a tribe or a nation?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2004
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Essential Histories Series
• Zusatzinfo: 1 map, references, bibliography, chronology, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 451 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-333-65917-1 / 0333659171
• ISBN-13: 978-0-333-65917-5 / 9780333659175
• Zustand: Neuware