Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914

by Donald H. Akenson

2011 · McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

A comparative history of European emigration.

Making of the West, Volume II: Since 1500

by Lynn Hunt, Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Bonnie G. Smith

2012 · Macmillan

Students of Western civilization need more than facts. They need to understand the cross-cultural, global exchanges that shaped Western history; to be able to draw connections between the social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual happenings in a given era; and to see the West not as a fixed region, but a living, evolving construct. These needs have long been central to The Making of the West. The book’s chronological narrative emphasizes the wide variety of peoples and cultures that created Western civilization and places them together in a common context, enabling students to witness the unfolding of Western history, understand change over time, and recognize fundamental relationships.

Responding to Secularization

by Todd H. Green

2011 · BRILL

Focusing on the female diaconate’s contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book challenges long-standing secularization theories by arguing that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence.