The Dream of the North

A Cultural History to 1920
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-420-3837-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 575 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 1006 g

Reihe: Studia Imagologica

Northern Europe and North America have dominated the world stage for more than two centuries. Using a wide range of sources, this book provides the first coherent account from a multi-national perspective of the ideas and perceptions that, from the Renaissance onwards, fuelled the North’s rise to prominence, and enabled it to rival the traditional cultural and political hegemony of the South. This includes not only the fascinating conquest of the polar regions, but also the religious upheaval of the Reformation, the changing view of nature engendered by Romanticism, and, not least, the revival of ancient Nordic and Celtic culture. Finally, the book offers an indispensable historical background to current events in the Far North, where the past and the future meet in a complex web of dramatic environmental concerns, the exploitation of natural resources, and the strategies of politics and commerce.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fjågesund, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Finding a Footing: The North before 1700
Chapter 2: Preparing for Take-Off:The Early Eighteenth Century
Chapter 3: The Great Watershed: 1750–1790
Chapter 4: Fastening the Grip: 1790–1830
Chapter 5: The Northern Heyday: 1830–1880
Chapter 6: The Closing Circle: 1880–1920
Postscript
Bibliography
Index