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Lost Words and Lost Worlds

- Modernity and the Language of Everyday Life in Late Nineteenth-Century Stockholm

About Lost Words and Lost Worlds

Alan Pred reconstructs the dramatic transformation of Stockholm's local economy, civil society and built environment between 1880 and 1900 through an interpretation of lost elements of language, or forgotten fragments of daily discourse, of lost words and meanings that belonged to members of the working and periodically employed classes.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521022255
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 328
  • Published:
  • November 9, 2005
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x234x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 471 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: November 30, 2024

Description of Lost Words and Lost Worlds

Alan Pred reconstructs the dramatic transformation of Stockholm's local economy, civil society and built environment between 1880 and 1900 through an interpretation of lost elements of language, or forgotten fragments of daily discourse, of lost words and meanings that belonged to members of the working and periodically employed classes.

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