The Viking immigrants : Icelandic North Americans / L. K. Bertram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertram, L. K., author.

Series:

Studies in gender and history.

Studies in Gender and History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Icelandic Americans--History.

Icelandic Americans.

Icelandic Americans--Social life and customs.

Icelanders--Canada--History.

Icelanders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Summary:

A Viking statue, a coffee pot, a ghost story, and a controversial cake: What can the things that immigrants treasured tell us about their history? Between 1870 and 1914 almost one-quarter of Iceland’s population migrated to North America, forming enclaves in both the United States and Canada. This book examines the multi-sensory side of the immigrant past through rare photographs, interviews, artefacts, and early recipes. By revealing the hidden histories behind everyday traditions, The Viking Immigrants maps the transformation of Icelandic North American culture over a century and a half.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. Dressing Up: Clothing and Upward Mobility in the Early Immigrant Community, 1870–1900

Chapter Two .The Coffee Pot and King Bacchus: Icelandic Immigrant Drinking Cultures

Chapter Three. Unsettling Apparitions: Power, Ghost Stories, and Superstitious Belief

Chapter Four. Main Street Vikings: Anglicization, Spectacle, and the Two World Wars

Chapter Five. Icelandic Cake Fight: A Brief History of Vínarterta

Conclusion

Appendix: Historical Vínarterta Recipes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-6301-4

1-4426-6300-6

OCLC:

1124762023