The environmental turn in postwar Sweden - A New History of Knowledge

This book tells the story of how modern environmentalism emerged at a remarkably early stage in postwar Sweden. It sheds new light on why Sweden took an early lead in global environmental politics and how the country came to host the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972.

About the author

David Larsson Heidenblad is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund University

Product details

• Authors: David Larsson Heidenblad
• Publisher: Lund University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9789198557732
• ISBN: 978-91-985577-3-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Lund University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education