Vikings across the Atlantic : Emigration and the Building of a Greater Norway, 1860-1945 /

"In Vikings across the Atlantic, Daron W. Olson reveals how the vision of a Greater Norway expanded the boundaries of the Norwegian nation. He depicts Norway as a larger community in which membership is constructed or imagined, a status of belonging defined not by physical proximity but through...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Olson, Daron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Americains d'origine norvegienne > Histoire.
Émigration et immigration > Norvege > Dix-neuvieme siecle.
Norwegians.
Norwegian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Norwegian Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
Norwegians > United States.
Norwegian Americans > History.
United States.
Norway.
Norway > Emigration and immigration.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Mythmaking and identity
  • Creating home : the roots of Norwegian emigration
  • Belonging to the nation : origin myths and the argument to be American, 1860/1890
  • Modern Vikings : the challenge to Anglo-American superiority, 1890/1917
  • Backlash : xenophobia and the pressure to assimilate, 1917/1929
  • A shared homeland : celebrating Norwegian identity across the Atlantic, 1929/1945
  • Conclusion : Building a greater Norway.

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