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1. Detta vill jag berätta : Materiell kultur och identitet hos ogifta Svenska kvinnliga amerikaemigranter verksamma inom sjukvården
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to create a deeper understanding of the identity and self-image of female Swedish emigrants of the 1880s-1920s with the help of preserved personal objects by answering the following questions with a microhistory approach: What significance did material objects have for the identity formulation of female Swedish emigrants in healthcare in America? And, What do the material objects tell us about the identity, self-image and experience of these unmarried female Swedish-American emigrants? To answer the questions material sources have been examined with the use of Wilhelm Dilthey's hermeneutic method of interpretation. A method where historical understanding is viewed as essential for our ability to interpret historical meaning. LÄS MER
2. Språkbarriärer inom hälso- och sjukvård utifrån ett patientperspektiv : En litteraturöversikt
Kandidat-uppsats, Marie Cederschiöld högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskapSammanfattning : Bakgrund: I och med att globaliseringen växer har det medfört en ökning av mångfalden i samhället. Allt fler interkulturella samtal sker som kräver ett fungerande samspel mellan utrikesfödda patienter och sjukvårdspersonal. LÄS MER
3. The Portrait of a Homeland : An Analysis of the Image of Sweden and Swedish Poverty in the Swedish American Post, Year 1887
Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Sammanfattning : In the late 1800’s, Sweden was undergoing a population growth and had experienced several crop failures. With the majority of the population being farmers, the migration to North America gave Swedish emigrants an economic opportunity that wasn’t available in the homeland. This resulted in a mass exodus. LÄS MER
4. Åter från den nya världen : En studie av emigrationens återinvandrare till Skövde under perioderna 1891 - 1900 och 1901 - 1910
Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : The purpose of the essay has been to contribute to research by highlighting a part of the migration topic that has been somewhat overshadowed. The focus, instead of emigrants, has been on the people who re- immigrated to Sweden. LÄS MER
5. Det gamla lander och det nya : Synen på Sverige och Amerika hos svenska emigranter 1859-1909
Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierSammanfattning : This master thesis in History of Science and Ideas explores ideas held by Swedishimmigrants to the United States during the period 1859-1909: their opinions about the newlife in America compared to the life they had before in Sweden. Previous researchindicates that Swedish immigrants in general had a positive view on the possibility tosupport themselves by working in America, contrasted to the limited possibilities to do soin Sweden. LÄS MER
