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Scandinavians in Chicago

Author : Erika K. Jackson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025205086X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Scandinavians in Chicago written by Erika K. Jackson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics--the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as the very embodiment of white superiority. As such, Scandinavians from the beginning enjoyed racial privilege and the success it brought without the prejudice, nativism, and stereotyping endured by other immigrant groups. Erika K. Jackson examines how native-born Chicagoans used ideological and gendered concepts of Nordic whiteness and Scandinavian ethnicity to construct social hegemony. Placing the Scandinavian-American experience within the context of historical whiteness, Jackson delves into the processes that created the Nordic ideal. She also details how the city's Scandinavian immigrants repeated and mirrored the racial and ethnic perceptions disseminated by American media. An insightful look at the immigrant experience in reverse, Scandinavians in Chicago bridges a gap in our understanding of how whites constructed racial identity in America.

The Languages of Scandinavia

Author : Ruth H. Sanders
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022675975X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Scandinavia written by Ruth H. Sanders and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Dead man talking -- Prologue to history -- Gemini, the twins: Faroese and Icelandic -- East is East: heralding the birth of Danish and Swedish -- The ties that bind: Finnish is visited by Swedish -- The black death comes for Norwegian: Danish makes a house call -- Faroese emerges -- Sámi, language of the far North: encounters with Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish -- Epilogue: the seven sisters now and in the future.

"Scandinavian Preferred"

Author : Erika Kathleen Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book "Scandinavian Preferred" written by Erika Kathleen Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Century of Urban Life

Author : Odd Sverre Lovoll
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877320753
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book A Century of Urban Life written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Swedish-American Life in Chicago

Author : Philip J. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Swedish-American Life in Chicago written by Philip J. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers originally presented at a conference held in Chicago in Oct. 1988, sponsored by the Swedish-American Historical Society, and other others.

History of the Swedes of Illinois ...

Author : Ernst Wilhelm Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1634 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book History of the Swedes of Illinois ... written by Ernst Wilhelm Olson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA

Author : Jana Sverdljuk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000164918
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA by : Jana Sverdljuk

Download or read book Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA written by Jana Sverdljuk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the complex and contradictory ways in which the cultural, scientific and political myth of whiteness has influenced identities, self-perceptions and the process of integration of Nordic immigrants into multicultural and racially segregated American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In deploying central insights from whiteness studies, postcolonial feminist and intersectionality theories, it shows that Nordic immigrants - Danes, Swedes, Finns, Norwegians and Sámi - contributed to and challenged American racism and white identity. A diverse group of immigrants, they could proclaim themselves ‘hyper-white’ and ‘better citizens than anybody else’, including Anglo-Saxons, thus taking for granted the racial bias of American citizenship and ownership rights, yet there were also various, unexpected intersections of whiteness with ethnicity, regional belonging, gender, sexuality, and political views. ‘Nordic whiteness’, then, was not a monolithic notion in the USA and could be challenged by other identities, which could even turn white Nordic immigrants into marginalised figures. A fascinating study of whiteness and identity among white migrants in the USA, Nordic Whiteness will appeal to scholars of sociology, history and anthropology with interests in Scandinavian studies, migration and diaspora studies and American studies.

Introduction to Nordic Cultures

Author : Annika Lindskog
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787353990
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Nordic Cultures written by Annika Lindskog and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary introduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times to today. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periods from the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects: from runic inscriptions on iron rings and stone monuments, via eighteenth-century scientists, Ibsen’s dramas and turn-of-the-century travel, to twentieth-century health films and the welfare state, nature ideology, Greenlandic literature, Nordic Noir, migration, ‘new’ Scandinavians, and stereotypes of the Nordic. The chapters provide fundamental knowledge and insights into the history and structures of Nordic societies, while constructing critical analyses around specific case studies that help build an informed picture of how societies grow and of the interplay between history, politics, culture, geography and people. Introduction to Nordic Cultures is a tool for understanding issues related to the Nordic region as a whole, offering the reader engaging and stimulating ways of discovering a variety of cultural expressions, historical developments and local preoccupations. The textbook is a valuable resource for undergraduate students of Scandinavian and Nordic studies, as well as students of European history, culture, literature and linguistics.

The Nordic Model

Author : Mary Hilson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861894619
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Nordic Model written by Mary Hilson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political structures of the Scandinavian nations have long stood as models for government and public policy. This comprehensive study examines how that “Nordic model” of government developed, as well as its far-reaching influence. Respected Scandinavian historian Mary Hilson surveys the political bureaucracies of the five Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—and traces their historical influences and the ways they have changed, individually and as a group, over time. The book investigates issues such as economic development, foreign policy, politics, government, and the welfare state, and it also explores prevailing cultural perceptions of Scandinavia in the twentieth century. Hilson then turns to the future of the Nordic region as a unified whole within Europe as well as in the world, and considers the re-emergence of the Baltic Sea as a pivotal region on the global stage. The Nordic Model offers an incisive assessment of Scandinavia yesterday and today, making this an essential text for students and scholars of political science, European history, and Scandinavian studies.

History of the Swedes of Illinois

Author : Ernst Wilhelm Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Swedes of Illinois written by Ernst Wilhelm Olson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Simply Scandinavian

Author : Tero Kallio
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 9529996217
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Simply Scandinavian written by Tero Kallio and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated journey of tastes and time in Scandinavian countries. With primarily Finnish tastes, recipies of the seasons for appetizers, main courses and desserts.

Scandinavians as a Social Force in America ...

Author : Alfred O. Fonkalsrud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Scandinavians as a Social Force in America ... written by Alfred O. Fonkalsrud and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Weaving the Ethnic Fabric

Author : Per Nordahl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Weaving the Ethnic Fabric written by Per Nordahl and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Society, Schools and Progress in Scandinavia

Author : Willis Dixon
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483153924
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Society, Schools and Progress in Scandinavia written by Willis Dixon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society, Schools and Progress in Scandinavia is one of a mutually supporting series of books on SOCIETY, SCHOOLS AND PROGRESS in a number of important countries or regions. Society, schools, and progress are here surveyed in the world's most significant countries not simply for reasons of technological or political strength, but because of the widely relevant decisions in education now being taken. The present volume is intended to give students and other persons interested in Scandinavia sufficient information and comment to begin to understand the contemporary scene in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The book opens with an overview of Scandinavia—its geography, social policy and welfare, politics and administration, and tradition and contemporary policy. This is followed by separate chapters on education in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, covering administration, the school system, family influences, and background social forces. The final chapter presents an evaluation of progress and change in Scandinavia.

The Growth of Scandinavian Law

Author : Lester B. Orfield
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1584771801
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The Growth of Scandinavian Law written by Lester B. Orfield and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study in comparative law that examines the legal systems of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and the forces that influenced their development. According to Orfield, the Scandinavian states are a useful area for study as unique examples of law based largely on custom and usage that owe little to Anglo-American or Continental models.

The Arthur of the North

Author : Marianne E. Kalinke
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783164557
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of the North written by Marianne E. Kalinke and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a comprehensive survey of medieval and early modern Arthurian literature in the Scandinavian countries The book analyses the transmission of a foreign courtly literature in the non-courtly culture of Iceland The book surveys the acculturation of foreign narrative and style to indigenous literary forms in the North

Vikings in the Attic

Author : Eric Dregni
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452931372
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Vikings in the Attic written by Eric Dregni and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with a dash of Danish thrown in for balance, Eric Dregni thought Scandinavians were perfectly normal. Who doesn’t enjoy a good, healthy salad (Jell-O packed with canned fruit, colored marshmallows, and pretzels) or perhaps some cod soaked in drain cleaner as the highlights of Christmas? Only later did it dawn on him that perhaps this was just a little strange, but by then it was far too late: he was hooked and a dyed-in-the-wool Scandinavian himself. But what does it actually mean to grow up Scandinavian-American or to live with these Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danes, and Icelanders among us? In Vikings in the Attic, Dregni tracks down and explores the significant—and quite often bizarre—historic sites, tales, and traditions of Scandinavia’s peculiar colony in the Midwest. It’s a legacy of the unique—collecting silver spoons, a suspicion of flashy clothing, shots of turpentine for the common cold, and a deep love of rhubarb pie—but also one of poor immigrants living in sod houses while their children attend college, the birth of the co-op movement, the Farmer–Labor party, and government agents spying on Scandinavian meetings hoping to nab a socialist or antiwar activist. For all the tales his grandparents told him, Dregni quickly discovers there are quite a few they neglected to mention, such as Swedish egg coffee, which includes the eggshell, and Lutheran latte, which is Swedish coffee with ice cream. Vikings in the Attic goes beyond the lefse, lutefisk, and lusekofter (lice jacket) sweaters to reveal the little-known tales that lie beneath the surface of Nordic America. Ultimately, Dregni ends up proving by example why generations of Scandinavian-Americans have come to love and cherish these tales and traditions so dearly. Well, almost all of them.* * See lutefisk.