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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Norwegians"”.
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An ethnohistorical comparative study of Scandinavian colonization on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia : the Norwegians at Quatsino and the Danes at Cape Scott/San Josef Valley, 1894-1913
… focus in both ideology and activity, while the Norwegians were improvising, individualistic ranchers and prospectors. Both colonizations failed, but some effective settlement had taken place, in the form of crown grants of land eventually obtained by Scandinavians at Quatsino, Cape Scott, and …
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A comparison of Scottish and Norwegian hutting traditions, with particular reference to the communities of Carbeth and Lindøya 1905-2013
… and relatively uncontested landownership made Norwegians feel connected to nature and able to obtain individual hut sites in desirable, secluded, wooded settings with relative ease compared to the precarious and strictly-ordered hutting communities established by Scots. The enduring difficulty …
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Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: A Study in Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536
… in union with Denmark. Although Danes and Norwegians shared common traits and identifiers; including religion, language and cultural aspects, they had a stronger sense of identity to their own country rather to the union. Because of their political and economic influence in Norway prior to …
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An Examination of Selected Ethnic Foodways in the Upper Midwest
… eaten by the Dutch of Northwestern Iowa, the Norwegians of the North Dakota-Minnesota border area, and the German-Russians of Southern North Dakota. From this source of information, patterns of food use offer insight into diffusion and persistence of these folk cultures.</p>
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ASSESSING THE ROLE OF SHAME AND HONOR DURING THE ALTA CONFLICT
… generation, now educated in the same manner as Norwegians, organized collectively and protested against the proposed construction of the dam. While Sami individual and group activism failed to halt the project, it did signal a change in the political power structure between Sami peoples and …
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ASSESSING THE ROLE OF SHAME AND HONOR DURING THE ALTA CONFLICT
… generation, now educated in the same manner as Norwegians, organized collectively and protested against the proposed construction of the dam. While Sami individual and group activism failed to halt the project, it did signal a change in the political power structure between Sami peoples and …
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AMERICAN MADNESS: THE FRONTIER IN THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, HERMAN MELVILLE, JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, WILLA CATHER, AND O.E. RØLVAAG
… the theme of madness to explore the movement of Norwegians to the interior of the Midwest. Madness functions as a plot device to illustrate the collective anxiety of the Norwegian immigrant group and their integration into the mainstream of American identity. My dissertation reveals madness as a …
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Shetland and the trade of steatite goods in the North Atlantic region during the Viking and early medieval period
… settlement of the North Atlantic region by Norwegians introduced wide use of steatite artefacts across the region. Outwith Norway, North Atlantic steatite resources are limited to Shetland and Greenland. The research investigates the extent to which Shetland was involved in trade of steatite …
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Scandinavian place-names in Northern Britain as evidence for language contact and interaction
… Rather, linguistic contact between Danes and Norwegians, and later English-speakers, led to the more widespread utilisation of this element.
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Conflitti, negoziazioni e ambivalenze nella letteratura norvegese della postmigrazione. Critiche e riscritture della norvegesità
… of social mobility. Chapter 7 deals with Muslim Norwegians, Islamophobia and the counter-narratives deployed to fight stereotypes and as well as define their space within society. In Chapter 8, focusing on racialization and whiteness, an attempt is made to shed light on the processes of …