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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438242503321

Titolo

Scandinavian Colonialism  and the Rise of Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Small Time Agents in a Global Arena / / edited by Magdalena Naum, Jonas M. Nordin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-299-33596-9

1-4614-6202-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology, , 1574-0439

Disciplina

909.0971248

Soggetti

Archaeology

Anthropology

Cultural heritage

Cultural Heritage

Scandinavia Civilization

Scandinavia Politics and government

Scandinavia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Charting Scandinavian colonialism -- pt. 2. Colonizing the north -- pt. 3. Venturing into the world : Scandinavian colonies in America, Africa and Asia -- pt. 4. Post scriptum : reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

                  In Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians present case studies that focus on the scope and impact of Scandinavian colonial expansion in the North, Africa, Asia and America as well as within Scandinavia itsself. They discuss early modern thinking and theories made valid and developed in early modern Scandinavia that justified and propagated participation in colonial expansion. The volume demonstrates a broad and comprehensive spectrum of archaeological, anthropological and historical research, which engages with a variation of themes relevant for the understanding of Danish and Swedish colonial history from the early 17th century until today. The aim is to add to the on-going global



debates on the context of the rise of the modern society and to revitalize the field of early modern studies in Scandinavia, where methodological nationalism still determines many archaeological and historical studies.                 Through their theoretical commitment, critical outlook and application of postcolonial theories the contributors to this book shed a new light on the processes of establishing and maintaining colonial rule, hybridization and creolization in the sphere of material culture, politics of resistance, and responses to the colonial claims. This volume is a fantastic resource for graduate students and researchers in historical archaeology, Scandinavia, early modern history and anthropology of colonialism.