Decolonizing the Viking Age, Volume 1"This volume argues that the Scandinavian ""Viking Age"" can be seen as a system of knowledge constructed in the late 19th century and in its basic structures maintained up to the present day. This system of knowledge was heavily influenced by the nationalis" |
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Contents
The jewel of Scandinavian prehistory and why it should | 11 |
Tales of light and darkness | 17 |
Nationalism and historical narrative | 29 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Decolonizing the Viking Age, Volume 1 Acta archaeologica Lundensia: Series in 8o Decolonizing the Viking Age, Fredrik Svanberg |
| Author | Fredrik Svanberg |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9122020063, 9789122020066 |
| Length | 217 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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