Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader gives a wide and yet concise presentation of the history of Swedish film through a number of articles by Swedish and international film scholars. The book draws upon a rich tradition of research on Swedish cinema, and it offers a varied and inspiring introduction to the history – from the very first film screenings to contemporary works.Combining in-depth studies with contextualizing introductions, Swedish film: An Introduction ...

Historiska aktörer är långt ifrån frånvarande i historieforskningen. Varje land och varje tidsepok har sin beskärda del av biografier över framstående vetenskapsmän, intellektuella och utbildningsreformatorer. Trots detta är det inte fel att hävda att de teoretiska strömningar som har satt sin prägel på historiska och sociologiska studier av kunskap sedan 1960-talet har betonat strukturer framför aktörer, kollektiv framför individer. I den här boken framhävs däremot de historiska aktörerna...

You don’t have to be a kitchen connoisseur to make homemade sausage. As the saying goes, if you can make a hamburger, you can make a sausage. And now, with Sausage!—the exciting new reference for all things sausage—creating any dish from corndogs to cheesedogs, flying tandoori to cider chicken sausages, is easy for any chef with a mixer and an appetite.Just remember the two basic rules: keep your ingredients clean, and keep them cold. That’s it—you’ve already mastered half ...

Satanism is a current of thought that generates intense feelings. It remains understudied by academics. This selection of key source texts from the period 1841 to 2017 attempts to remedy that gap. Ranging from the esoteric to the anti-clerical, countercultural, and political, the texts span a wide variety of genres, from poetry and polemical religious tracts to ritual instructions and internet FAQ's. All are provided with comprehensive introductions, written by specialists in the field, th...

The history of knowledge is a dynamic field of research with bright prospects. In recent years it has been established as an exciting, forward-looking field internationally with a strong presence in the Nordic countries. Forms of Knowledge is the first publication by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK). The volume brings together some twenty historians from different scholarly traditions to develop the history of knowledge. The knowledge under scrutiny here is the ...

Kunskapshistoria är ett dynamiskt forskningsfält som har framtiden för sig. Under de senaste åren har inriktningen etablerats som en ny och spännande historievetenskaplig inriktning både internationellt och i Sverige.I boken Forms of Knowledge, sprungen ur den livaktiga kunskapshistoriska forskningsmiljön i Lund, samlas historiker med olika bakgrund och specialitet för att utforska kunskapshistoriens möjligheter. Några fokuserar på kunskapens plats i offentligheten eller s...

Strategic management control differs from traditional management control in several important respects. First, it supports both strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Second, it is to a large extent based on non-financial information. Third, it deals with both the long and short term and supports not only tactical, but also strategic and operational decision-making. Fourth, and perhaps most importantly, strategic management control is designed for, and adapted to, each organisat...