Hunters in transition : an outline of early Sámi history / by Lars Ivar Hansen and Bjørnar Olsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Lars Ivar, 1947-

Contributor:

Olsen, Bjørnar.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 63.

The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economics and cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sami (European people)--History.

Sami (European people).

Sami (European people)--Hunting.

Sami (European people)--Ethnic identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hunters in Transition provides a new outline of the early history of the Sámi, the indigenous population of northernmost Europe. Discussing crucial issues such as the formation of Sámi ethnicity, interaction with chieftain and state societies, and the transition from hunting to reindeer herding, the book departs from the common trope whereby native encounters with other cultures, state societies, and “modernity”, are depicted mainly in negative terms. Far from always victimizing “the other”, the interaction with outside societies played a crucial role in generating and maintaining a number of features considered integral to Sámi culture. At the same time the authors also emphasize internal processes and dynamics and show how these have greatly contributed to the diverse historical trajectories with which this book is concerned. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Introduction

2 Changing Views on the Origins of the Sámi

3 Economic Specialization and Ethnic Consolidation: Northern Hunting Societies in the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages

4 Colonization, Contacts and Change, 1200–1550

5 State Integration and Sámi Rights circa 1550–1750

6 Missionaries and Shamans: Sámi Religion and the Campaign Against it

Epilogue

Chronology

Table of Relations

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Personal Names

Index of Place Names.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25255-X

OCLC:

865334374

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004252554 DOI