From Iceland to New Iceland : an archaeology of migration, continuity and change in the late 19th and early 20th centuries / Ágústa Edwald Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Ágústa Edwald, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3168.

BAR international series ; 3168

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Canada.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Iceland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Iceland.

Iceland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Icelanders--Canada--Social life and customs.

Icelanders.

Canada--Antiquities.

Iceland--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 125 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

In 1876 Páll Gunnlaugsson and Nanna Jónsdóttir auctioned off their belongings & emigrated from Iceland to North America with their two young sons. A year earlier, Jón Guttormsson & Pálína Ketilsdóttir emigrated from a different Icelandic fjord with their young son Vigfús & settled in New Iceland, Canada. This book looks at the processes of migration & settlement, & the cultural changes & continuities that arise from entanglements with new environments. It weaves the results of archaeological excavations at two farms, Hornbrekka, Iceland & Vídivellir, New Iceland together with the rich historical archive of the emigration period. The discussion focuses on four themes through which specific changes in the lives of the emigrants & their descendants are explored: ethnic identity, wealth, improvement, & modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407361031

1407361031

OCLC:

1439829853

Publisher Number:

CIPO000091231