Overview

This book focuses on Finland as a modernising society between East and West. Comprehensive agrarian heritage and delayed modernisation in the sense of structural change, industrialisation and urbanisation are the central features of Finnish society during the 20th century. The special characteristics in this transformation were manifold influences from both Western Europe and Soviet Union Russia. Although Finnish consumers eagerly adopted television and private cars, they also kept their saunas, summer houses and fishing as the favourite hobby.

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Author:   Visa Heinonen ,  Matti Peltonen
Publisher:   Finnish Literature Society
Imprint:   Finnish Literature Society
Weight:   0.348kg
ISBN:  

9789522225221

ISBN 10:   9522225223
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   01 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Formation of the Finnish Type of Consumer Society between the East & the West, the1950s & 1960s; The Finnish Consumer Mentality & Ethos: At the Intersection between East & West; A Country of Decent Consumers: The Role of Alcohol in Everyday Finnish Life in the 1950s; Imagining Economy: Finlandia Newsreels Building up shared Imagery in the 1950s & early 1960s; Anglo-American Pop Music, Finnish Tango, & the Controversial Images of Modernity in Finland in the 1960s; Television Creating Finnish Consumer Mentality in the 1960s; The Legalizing of Roulette & Changes in Finnish Consumer Culture in the 1960s & 1970s; Accidental Traders: Finnish Tourists in the Soviet Union in the 1950s1970s; From Background to Foreground: Music Products for Production & Consumption Spaces; Afterword: Summerhouses & Saunas, Parks & Libraries -- Places of Private & Public Consumption in Finland.

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