New Sweden in America / edited by Carol E. Hoffecker [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffecker, Carol E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Sweden--History.

New Sweden.

Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Delaware.

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History.

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

United States--Delaware River Valley.

United States--New Sweden.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ♭1995.

Contents:

Introduction / Carol E. Hoffecker

The Making of a Civilized Nation: Nation Building, Aristocratic Culture, and Social Change / Margareta Revera

The Crown of Sweden and the New Sweden Company / Stellan Dahlgren

Hodie Mihi, Cras Tibi: Swedish/Dutch Relations in the Delaware Valley / Charles T. Gehring

Scandinavian Colonists Confront the New World / Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Indians and Europeans in the Delaware Valley, 1620-1655 / Lorraine E. Williams

Lenape Maize Sales to the Swedish Colonists: Cultural Stability during the Early Colonial Period / Marshall Joseph Becker

The Delaware Jargon / Ives Goddard

Some Comments on Early Swedish Collections from the Northeast / Staffan Brunius

The New Sweden Colonists, 1628-1656: Their Geographical and Social Background / Sten Carlsson

The New Sweden Colony and the Continued Existence of Swedish and Finnish Ethnicity / Hans Norman

Swedish Settlement in New Jersey before 1800 / Peter Wacker

The Lutheran Churches and Their Pastors in New Sweden, 1638-1655 / Frank Blomfelt

Finns in Seventeenth-Century Sweden and Their Contributions to the New Sweden Colony / Per Martin Tvengsberg

The Forest Finns and Transmitters of Finnish Culture from Savo via Central Scandinavia to Delaware / Juha Pentikainen

The Material Cultural Legacy of New Sweden on the American Frontier / Terry G. Jordan

Resources for New Sweden Studies / Richard Waldron

Pursuing the Study of New Sweden in the Swedish National Library and in the Swedish National Archives: A Survey of Documents on the Swedish Colony in Delaware / Borje Westlund

Sources and Questions in the Study of Finnish Migration to Delaware / Olavi Koivukangas

Summary, Criticism, and Comment on Future Directions in the Study of New Sweden / C. A. Weslager.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: New Sweden in America.

ISBN:

0874135206

9780874135206

OCLC:

31172866