New Sweden in AmericaCarol E. Hoffecker "Although it was the first permanent European settlement in the Delaware River valley, the New Sweden colony has long been ignored by American colonial historians. To right this omission, and to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the New Sweden colony, the University of Delaware sponsored an international conference, "New Sweden in America: Scandinavian Pioneers and Their Legacy" in March of 1988. This event brought together twenty-eight scholars from Sweden, Finland, and the United States who represented several fields, including history, anthropology, and geography. The conference papers, collected in New Sweden in America, present the first look at the New Sweden colony since the advent of modern historical methods." "The essays in this volume examine the economic and social lives of a political entity, as well as its political structures. The topics discussed include an examination of the European environment from which the colonial venture came, the colonists' relations with the Native Americans, and the Swedish and Finnish settlers' adaptation to colonial life. The essays depict seventeenth-century Sweden as it emerged from its traditional ways and isolation into the dynamic world of Western European international politics and trade, and the failed attempts to bring European mercantilist policies to New Sweden." "The fascinating stories of the trade between the Swedish and Dutch settlers and the Susquehannock and Lenni Lenape Indians, the development of pidgin languages to facilitate the trade, the devout Lutheran religious observations of the colonists, and the introduction of Finnish construction methods (especially the log cabin) are all described in this volume. To encourage further scholarship in this field, the contributors identify topics for future study and delineate where original colonial documents may be found on both sides of the Atlantic."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
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The Crown of Sweden and the New Sweden Company | 54 |
SwedishDutch Relations in the Delaware Valley | 69 |
Scandinavian Colonists Confront the New World | 89 |
Indians and Europeans in the Delaware Valley 16201655 | 112 |
Cultural Stability during the Early Colonial Period | 121 |
The Delaware Jargon | 137 |
The Lutheran Churches and Their Pastors in New Sweden 16381655 | 249 |
Finns in SeventeenthCentury Sweden and Their Contributions to the New Sweden Colony | 279 |
The Forest Finns as Transmitters of Finnish Culture From Savo Via Central Scandinavia to Delaware | 291 |
The Material Cultural Legacy of New Sweden on the American Frontier | 302 |
Resources for New Sweden Studies | 321 |
A Survey of Documents on the Swedish Colony in Delaware | 334 |
Sources and Questions in the Study of Finnish Migration to Delaware | 342 |
Summary Criticism and Comments on Future Directions in the Study of New Sweden | 350 |
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