The Viking Immigrants : Icelandic North Americans

Bertram, L. K (author., Author, Author).

Summary: A Viking statue, a coffee pot, a ghost story, and a controversial cake: What can the things that immigrants treasured tell us about their history? Between 1870 and 1914 almost one-quarter of Iceland's population migrated to North America, forming enclaves in both the United States and Canada. This book examines the multi-sensory side of the immigrant past through rare photographs, interviews, artefacts, and early recipes. By revealing the hidden histories behind everyday traditions, The Viking Immigrants maps the transformation of Icelandic North American culture over a century and a half.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442663008
Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) : 30 b&w illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Dressing Up: Clothing and Upward Mobility in the Early Immigrant Community, 1870-1900 -- Chapter Two .The Coffee Pot and King Bacchus: Icelandic Immigrant Drinking Cultures -- Chapter Three. Unsettling Apparitions: Power, Ghost Stories, and Superstitious Belief -- Chapter Four. Main Street Vikings: Anglicization, Spectacle, and the Two World Wars -- Chapter Five. Icelandic Cake Fight: A Brief History of Vínarterta -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Historical Vínarterta Recipes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Restrictions on Access Note:	restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)