The dream of the North : a cultural history to 1920 / Peter Fjagesund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fjågesund, Peter, 1959- author.

Series:

Studia imagologica ; 23.

Studia Imagologica ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Readers--Civilization.

Readers.

Europe, Northern--History.

Europe, Northern.

Europe, Western--History.

Europe, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (569 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2014

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Northern Europe and North America have dominated the world stage for more than two centuries. Using a wide range of sources, this book provides the first coherent account from a multi-national perspective of the ideas and perceptions that, from the Renaissance onwards, fueled the North’s rise to prominence, and enabled it to rival the traditional cultural and political hegemony of the South. This includes not only the fascinating conquest of the polar regions, but also the religious upheaval of the Reformation, the changing view of nature engendered by Romanticism, and, not least, the revival of ancient Nordic and Celtic culture. Finally, the book offers an indispensable historical background to current events in the Far North, where the past and the future meet in a complex web of dramatic environmental concerns, the exploitation of natural resources, and the strategies of politics and commerce.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Finding a Footing: The North before 1700

Preparing for Take-Off : The Early Eighteenth Century

The Great Watershed: 1750–1790

Fastening the Grip: 1790–1830

The Northern Heyday: 1830–1880

The Closing Circle: 1880–1920

Postscript

Bibliography

Index

Note on the Author.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2014).

ISBN:

9789401210829

9401210829

OCLC:

879551332

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210829

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access