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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ágústa Edwald MaxwellPublisher: BAR Publishing Imprint: BAR Publishing ISBN: 9781407361048ISBN 10: 140736104 Pages: 138 Publication Date: 29 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction Methodology and Research Themes Outline of Chapters 1. Nineteenth-Century Archaeology in Iceland and Canada: Culture Contact, Capitalism, and Improvement 1.1. Research into the Icelandic Emigration to Canada The grand narrative Previous archaeological research 1.2. Historical Archaeology on the Canadian Prairie and Iceland 1.3. Culture Contact and Ethnic Identity 1.4. Modern Ideologies of Capitalism and Improvement Conclusion 2. Modern Changes and the Continuity of Tradition 2.1. Modern Changes Modern changes are not inherently forward and progressive Modern changes are not totalising or complete Modern changes do not rise from a rupture but from continuity 2.2. Continuity of Traditions Tradition is not repetition Traditions as skills Conclusion 3. From Iceland to New Iceland: The Households of Hornbrekka and Víðivellir 3.1. Emigrating from Iceland: The Households of Hornbrekka 3.2. Settling in New Iceland: The Guttormssons of Víðivellir Conclusion 4. Becoming Canadian: Culture Contact 4.1. Icelandic Nationalism and the Racial Discourse in Canada 4.2. Culture Contact in New Iceland 4.3. Becoming Icelandic, Becoming Canadian: The Case of the Jigger Conclusion 5. Becoming Wealthy: From Self-sufficiency to Capitalism 5.1. Consumption and Production at Hornbrekka and Víðivellir The fishermen-farmers at Hornbrekka The farmers and wage labourers at Víðivellir 5.2. Continuity Through Change: Trans-Atlantic Connections Sheep farming in New Iceland Fishing and the introduction of icehouses in New and Old Iceland Conclusion 6. Becoming Refined: Domestic Improvements 6.1. Nineteenth-Century Domesticity in Iceland and Women's Aspirations to Emigrate 6.2. Improved Homes in Old and New Iceland Serving food and refined dining Doing the housework at Hornbrekka Doing the housework at Víðivellir Conclusion 7. Becoming Modern: Building Homes and Buying Houses 7.1. Icelandic Turf Houses Late 19th- and 20th-century improvements The Hornbrekka farmhouse 7.2. The Houses of New Iceland Víðivellir Conclusion: Houses of Turf and Timber, Built and Bought Conclusion The Becomings BibliographyReviews‘This is an excellent study in historical archaeology that engages with questions about modernity that transcend geographic region. It engages with multiple sources and brings attention to a little-known immigrant experience and raises important interpretative issues regarding how we approach issues of continuity and change and the meaning and material expression of ‘modernity.’’ Professor Audrey Horning, College of William & Mary, USA ‘Given the constant magnetism of the subject of the mass exodus from Europe to North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, I am confident that researchers from around the world would be interested in the groundbreaking contribution of this archaeological research.’ Dr Birna Bjarnadóttir, University of Iceland Author InformationÁgústa Edwald Maxwell is a historical archaeologist who specializes in the early modern North Atlantic. Her research interests include the archaeology of modernity and capitalism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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