History/Emigration

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ESSENTIAL GUNNAR MYRDAL, THE .

Author: Appelqvist, Örjan, Stellan Andersson eds
Country: London
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
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Binding: Hardbound
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ISBN: 156584601X
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5450

Price: $85.00

Nobel Prize-winner Gunnar Myrdal is best known for his book An American Dilema, a classic study of America’s racial problems that was chosen as one of The Modern Library’s top 100 nonfiction books of the 20th century. This book covers the full range of Myrdals’ writings, much of which has never been published in book form. It includes his early essays on economics, his thoughts on the population explosion, his discussions of the question of value in the social sciences, and excerpts from Asian Drama, his monumental study of the development of Asia. An introduction by Sissela Bok, who is Myrdal’s daughter and also acclaimed author of Lying and Secrets.

FIRST SCHLESWIG WAR 1848-1851, THE. Prelude, Events and Consequences

Author: Adriansen, Inge & Jens Ole Christensen
Country: Denmark
Language: Engliah
Year Published: 2015
No. of pages: 44
Illustrations: 20 Color Illustrations. 12 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9788787375313
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 6317

Price: $29.50

The First Schleswig War 1848-1851 offers a reader-friendly overview of the prelude to the war, the events of the war itself, and its wide-ranging, long-lasting consequences. In brief, the book provides background knowledge and important insights concerning a war that has marked the history of Denmark. Profusely illustrated with plates of maps, paintings and drawings from the time, as well as current memorial photographs. Includes “The most important events 184801852).

FLÅDEN OG DANSK VESTINDIEN (The Fleet and Danish West Indies). Den Danske Flådes Togter til Caribien 1671-1917 (The Danish Fleet and Its Journeys to the Caribbean 1671-1917)

Author: Nielsen, Per
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 48
Illustrations: 5 Color Illustrations. 17 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 7”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8787720140
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 4017

Price: $24.50

Describing 300 years of the journeys to the West Indies, this book delves into related topics such as the beginning of the Danish fleet, the transport of slaves, piracy, the sugar “road” and its successes and failures, battles and riots, the pursuit of pirates, the trips to South America and much more. Beautifully illustrated with reproductions of old photographs and renderings.

FORBLØFFENDE DRONNING ALEXANDRA, DEN (The Amazing Queen Alexandra). Dansk Prinsesse Engelsk Dronning (Danish Princess British Queen) Historiske Biografier (Historical Biographies)

Author: Tisdall, E.E.P.
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 243
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Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8778017599
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 6640

Price: $49.50

FREMMED I DANMARK? (A Stranger in Denmark?). Billeder fra Vor Kulturelle Arv fra Øl, Brændevin og Cigarer til Malerkunst, Musik og Mæcener/ Pictures from our Cultural Heritage from Beer, Aquavit and Cigars to Visual Art and Music

Author: Herbert Pundik, Kristian Hvidt, Bo Bramsen, Jacques Blum, et. al
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1993
No. of pages: 48
Illustrations: 7 Color Illustrations. 9 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8798380249
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 3077

Price: $36.50

The Danish cultural inheritance has developed and is shaped through historical events and the people who live and shape the nation whether they have recently immigrated or have lived in Denmark for generations. This book in particular takes into consideration the Jewish emigration to Denmark.