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Modern Finland /
"Providing a multifaceted view of modern Finland, this book describes its history, culture, language, geography, natural history and the mythology of early peoples. Topics include Fenno-Scandia inhabitants and their environment, traditional naturalism and modern environmentalism, and the salien...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: What makes a small country like Finland exceptional?
- How do people interact with nature in Finland? : the natural environment vis-a-vis human cultural space
- Where do people live and what languages do they speak? : natives, newcomers and social networking in a multicultural society
- What makes a Finn and what makes Finnish society? : defining Finnishness
- What do Carl Gustaf Mannerheim and George Washington have in common? : impressions from the strife for independence
- How did Finland modernize? : the secrets of Finnish entrepreneurship, know-how and inventiveness
- What makes Finland's school education so efficient and how important are the language choices for knowledge-construction?
- What is known in the world about Finnish culture? : global manifestations of the Finnish creative mind
- Do the Finns have a recipe for world peace? : minding one's own business and that of others in a cooperative fashion
- Epilogue: How to cope with accelerating globalization
- Appendix I: Finland in figures
- Appendix II: Administrative regions of Finland.