The dream of the North : a cultural history to 1920 / Peter Fjågesund.
"Northern Europe and North America have dominated the world stage for more than two centuries. Using a wide range of sources, this book provides the first coherent account from a multi-national perspective of the ideas and perceptions that, from the Renaissance onwards, fuelled the North's...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2014.
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| Series: | Studia imagologica ;
23. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | "Northern Europe and North America have dominated the world stage for more than two centuries. Using a wide range of sources, this book provides the first coherent account from a multi-national perspective of the ideas and perceptions that, from the Renaissance onwards, fuelled the North's rise to prominence, and enabled it to rival the traditional cultural and political hegemony of the South. This includes not only the fascinating conquest of the polar regions, but also the religious upheaval of the Reformation, the changing view of nature engendered by Romanticism, and, not least, the revival"--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (573 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9401210829 9789401210829 9042038373 9789042038370 |
| ISSN: | 0927-4065 ; |