A typical example of mental region-building? The Balkan area in Finnish schoolbooks from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century

Schoolbooks play a crucial role in the formation of one’s world view. This study analyzes how the Balkan area has been depicted in Finnish schoolbooks under the existence of the modern school system from the 1870s to the 2000s. For this study, all history and geography schoolbooks published in Finla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kari Alenius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies 2013-12-01
Series:Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice
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Online Access:https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5711/files/2018/12/05.-Alenius.pdf