Subjects:  1. History / Europe / General    2. Norway,society,people,Sweden,tradition,life,customs of nations,summer journey,winter journey,Lapland,Nothern Finland   

Subjects:  1. European history: Second World War    2. Finland   

Subjects:  1. Ethnic Studies - General    2. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    3. General    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Anthropology    7. Finnish (Suomi)    8. Historical & comparative linguistics    9. Social Science / Ethnic Studies   

Subjects:  1. Finland,Description,travel,Strawberry Land,Annie,Bayley    2. History / Europe / General   

Subjects:  1. Finland    2. History   

Subjects:  1. 1865-1957    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Composers & Musicians - General    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Genres & Styles - Classical    6. History & Criticism - By Composer    7. Music    8. Music Of The 20th Century    9. Music/Songbooks    10. Reference    11. Sibelius, Jean,    12. 20th century music    13. Composers & musicians    14. Finland    15. Music / Classical    16. Sibelius, Jean   

Subjects:  1. Finland    2. History    3. Nationality   

Subjects:  1. 1981-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Eastern Europe - General    5. Finland    6. Foreign policy    7. General    8. Government - Comparative    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Koivisto, Mauno    12. Political    13. Political History    14. Presidents    15. Scandinavia - History    16. Biography: historical    17. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    18. Northern Europe, Scandinavia    19. Political leaders & leadership   

Subjects:  1. Finlandia Foundation National    2. Finnish-Americans    3. History   

Subjects:  1. Finland    2. History: World    3. Politics and government    4. Social conditions    5. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    6. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Departament politsii    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History: World    5. Internal security    6. Russia    7. Secret service    8. Terrorism    9. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    10. Security services   

Subjects:  1. 1938-1945    2. Czechoslovakia    3. Diplomatic History    4. Finland    5. History    6. History - Military / War    7. Military - World War II    8. Poland    9. Politics/International Relations    10. World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Christianity - History - General    3. Church history    4. Religion    5. Religion - Church History    6. Scandinavia    7. Denmark    8. Finland    9. History of religion    10. Norway    11. Protestantism & Protestant Churches    12. Sweden   

Subjects:  1. Alcoholism    2. Finland    3. General    4. History    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Addiction    7. Social Science    8. Social aspects    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - General   

Editorial Review

"The Lord created paper for drawing architecture.Everything else is--for me, at least--misuse of paper," Alvar Aalto, the Finnish modernist architect, once remarked.The quote begs the question of what Aalto--who, according to his close friend and biographer Goran Schildt, was also quite modest--would have thought of this book: a collection of 11 essays, almost entirely laudatory in tone, focusing on various aspects of his work, which spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s.Of the fare offered here, volume editor Winfried Nerdinger's kickoff, "Alvar Aalto's Human Modernism," provides the best general overview of Aalto's life work, "greatest hits" and guiding principles, while Schildt's character study, "The Many Faces of Alvar Aalto," positions the man as an egoless "secret opponent within the Modern Movement" in contrast to the rigid, self-important formalism of Corbusier and Company.These are followed by meditations on Aalto's relationship with cities and city planning, on private houses, and on his philosophical and professional ties to the U.S. (where he was particularly influenced by the teachings of Lewis Mumford, and where he taught, at MIT, after World War II), Sweden, Vienna, Switzerland, North Germany, and Wolfsburg, Germany (site of three major Aalto projects from the early '60s, including the Holy Spirit Community Center with its super-mod hood-shaped roof and autonomous slim white bell tower).Read more

Subjects:  1. 1898-1976    2. 20th century    3. Aalto, Alvar,    4. Architecture    5. Criticism and interpretation    6. Finland    7. Individual Architect    8. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    9. Aalto, Alvar    10. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    11. Individual architects    12. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. Finnish Americans    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. United States - State & Local - General    6. Wisconsin   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - Military / War    3. Military - General   

Subjects:  1. 1809-1917    2. Body, Human    3. Finland    4. Gender Studies    5. History    6. National characteristics, Finn    7. National characteristics, Finnish    8. Nationalism    9. Political Ideologies - Nationalism    10. Psychological aspects    11. Social Science    12. Social aspects    13. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Finland    2. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    3. Photographs: collections    4. Places & peoples: general interest   

Subjects:  1. 1939-1945    2. Finland    3. Foreign relations    4. History    5. Neutrality    6. Politics/International Relations