Scandinavian colonialism and the rise of modernity
[Book]
small time agents in a global arena /
Magdalena Naum, Jonas M. Nordin, editors
New York :
Springer,
c2013
1 online resource (324 p.)
Contributions to global historical archaeology
Includes bibliographical references and index
In Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians present case studies that focus on the scope and impact of Scandinavian colonial expansion in the North, Africa, Asia and America as well as within Scandinavia itsself. They discuss early modern thinking and theories made valid and developed in early modern Scandinavia that justified and propagated participation in colonial expansion. The volume demonstrates a broad and comprehensive spectrum of archaeological, anthropological and history
Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity : Small Time Agents in a Global Arena