Finnish Settler Colonialism In North America

Author : Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti
Publisher : Helsinki University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789523690806

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Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America by Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti Pdf

Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America reinterprets Finnish experiences in North America by connecting them to the transnational processes of settler colonial conquest, far-settlement, elimination of natives, and capture of terrestrial spaces. Rather than merely exploring whether the idea of Finns as a different kind of immigrant is a myth, this book challenges it in many ways. It offers an analysis of the ways in which this myth manifests itself, why it has been upheld to this day, and most importantly how it contributes to settler colonialism in North America and beyond. The authors in this volume apply multidisciplinary perspectives in revealing the various levels of Finnish involvement in settler colonialism. In their chapters, authors seek to understand the experiences and representations of Finns in North American spatial projects, in territorial expansion and integration, and visions of power. They do so by analyzing how Finns reinvented their identities and acted as settlers, participated in the production of settler colonial narratives, as well as benefitted and took advantage of settler colonial structures. Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America aims to challenge traditional histories of Finnish migration, in which Finns have typically been viewed almost in isolation from the broader American context, not to mention colonialism. The book examines the diversity of roles, experiences, and narrations of and by Finns in the histories of North America by employing the settler colonial analytical framework.

Author : Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti
Publisher : AHEAD: Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Colonists
ISBN : 9523690795

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Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America by Rani-Henrik Andersson,Janne Lahti Pdf

Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America reinterprets Finnish experiences in North America by connecting them to the transnational processes of settler colonial conquest, far-settlement, elimination of natives, and capture of terrestrial spaces. Rather than merely exploring whether the idea of Finns as a different kind of immigrant is a myth, this book challenges it in many ways. It offers an analysis of the ways in which this myth manifests itself, why it has been upheld to this day, and most importantly how it contributes to settler colonialism in North America and beyond. The authors in this volume apply multidisciplinary perspectives in revealing the various levels of Finnish involvement in settler colonialism. In their chapters, authors seek to understand the experiences and representations of Finns in North American spatial projects, in territorial expansion and integration, and visions of power. They do so by analyzing how Finns reinvented their identities and acted as settlers, participated in the production of settler colonial narratives, as well as benefitted and took advantage of settler colonial structures. Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America aims to challenge traditional histories of Finnish migration, in which Finns have typically been viewed almost in isolation from the broader American context, not to mention colonialism. The book examines the diversity of roles, experiences, and narrations of and by Finns in the histories of North America by employing the settler colonial analytical framework.

Author : Auvo Kostiainen
Publisher : Turku [Finland] : Kirjapaino Grafia Oy
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Finland
ISBN : UOM:39015029892471

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Finnish Identity in America by Auvo Kostiainen Pdf

Author : Varpu Lindström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Canada
ISBN : IND:39000006079060

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The Finns in Canada by Varpu Lindström Pdf

Author : Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789518588859

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Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990 by Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta Pdf

This edited collection re-examines the long history of Finnish-Namibian relations through the lens of colonialism without colonies as well as anti-colonialism. The book argues that although Finland never acquired colonies, Namibia was once treated in the areas of culture and knowledge formation in a manner now recognised as colonial. Namibian people's way of being in the world was transformed when the Finnish Missionary Society started its work in Owambo in 1870 and introduced Christianity and European modes of education, medicine, material culture and social practices. In time, cultural colonialism faded and during the Namibian struggle for independence from South African rule in 1966-1990 Finns took an actively anti-colonial approach. Written as a collaborative effort of Namibian, Finnish and South African scholars, this book will interest historians and students of cultural and colonial history and colonialism without colonies, as well as general readers interested in Finnish-Namibian relations.

Author : Raita Merivirta,Leila Koivunen,Timo Särkkä
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030806101

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Finnish Colonial Encounters by Raita Merivirta,Leila Koivunen,Timo Särkkä Pdf

Breaking new ground in the study of European colonialism, this book focuses on a nation historically positioned between the Western and Eastern Empires of Europe – Finland. Although Finland never had overseas colonies, the authors argue that the country was undeniably involved in the colonial world, with Finns adopting ideologies and identities that cannot easily be disentangled from colonialism. This book explores the concepts of ‘colonial complicity’ and ‘colonialism without colonies’ in relation to Finland, a nation that was oppressed, but also itself complicit in colonialism. It offers insights into European colonialism on the margins of the continent and within a nation that has traditionally declared its innocence and exceptionalism. The book shows that Finns were active participants in various colonial contexts, including Southern Africa and Sápmi in the North. Demonstrating that colonialism was a common practice shared by all European nations, with or without formal colonies, this book provides essential reading for anyone interested in European colonial history. Chapters 1, 7 and 8 are available open access under a via link.springer.com.>

Author : Shirley Anne Tate,Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030839475

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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Race and Gender by Shirley Anne Tate,Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez Pdf

This handbook unravels the complexities of the global and local entanglements of race, gender and intersectionality within racial capitalism in times of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, the Chilean uprising, Anti-Muslim racism, backlash against trans and queer politics, and global struggles against modern colonial femicide and extractivism. Contributors chart intersectional and decolonial perspectives on race and gender research across North America, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Africa, centering theoretical understandings of how these categories are imbricated and how they operate and mean individually and together. This book offers new ways to think about what is absent/present and why, how erasure works in historical and contemporary theoretical accounts of the complexity of lived experiences of race and gender, and how, as new issues arise, intersectionalities (re)emerge in the politics of race and gender. This handbook will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities.

Author : Reino Kero
Publisher : Vammala [Finland] : Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Finland
ISBN : 9519266003

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Migration from Finland to North America in the Years Between the United States Civil War and the First World War by Reino Kero Pdf

Author : A. J. Yumi Lee,Karen R. Miller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512825152

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Prehistories of the War on Terror by A. J. Yumi Lee,Karen R. Miller Pdf

Prehistories of the War on Terror examines the longstanding American project of classifying enemies who challenge U.S. power abroad as terrorists. To do so, the volume brings disparate episodes of U.S. military empire-building into dialogue across time and space. From settler colonial wars in the nineteenth-century American West to twentieth-century wars of conquest in Asia and the Pacific, the collection’s essays argue that the United States has drawn both materially and ideologically on older systems of empire in the conflicts through which it has waged the present-day War on Terror. Attending to the local histories from which these conflicts emerged and examining the effects of U.S. intervention in these sites, contributors analyze the cultural frameworks for understanding and remembering past conflicts that confirm, challenge, or refigure the logics of the War on Terror. This volume reveals how contestations over sovereignty, extraction, and inequality must be suppressed and flattened in public discourse to maintain a coherent vision of a totalizing War on Terror. Together, the contributors illustrate that there was no single road that led to 9/11 or the War on Terror. Rather, they argue that we must follow multiple paths into the past to fully understand our present and to fight for a more just future. Contributors: Moustafa Bayoumi, Joo Ok Kim, Janne Lahti, A. J. Yumi Lee, Naveed Mansoori, Karen R. Miller, Kalyan Nadiminti, Tim Roberts, Colleen Woods.

Author : John L. Hennessey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031422355

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History and Speculative Fiction by John L. Hennessey Pdf

This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excellent speculative fiction, should cause readers to reconsider crucial aspects of their society that they normally overlook or lead them to reflect on radically different forms of social organization. Drawing on Gunlög Fur’s postcolonial concept of concurrences, and with contributions that explore diverse examples of speculative fiction and historical encounters using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this volume provides new perspectives on colonialism, ecological destruction, the nature of humanity, and how to envision a better future.

Author : Auvo Kostiainen
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781628950205

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Finns in the United States by Auvo Kostiainen Pdf

Late-arriving immigrants during the Great Migration, Finns were, comparatively speaking, a relatively small immigrant group, with about 350,000 immigrants arriving prior to World War II. Nevertheless, because of their geographic concentration in the Upper Midwest in particular, their impact was pronounced. They differed from many other new immigrant groups in a number of ways, including the fact that theirs is not an Indo-European language, and many old-country cultural and social features reflect their geographic location in Europe, at the juncture of East and West. A fresh and up-to-date analysis of Finnish Americans, this insightful volume lays the groundwork for exploring this unique culture through a historical context, followed by an overview of the overall composition and settlement patterns of these newcomers. The authors investigate the vivid ethnic organizations Finns created, as well as the cultural life they sought to preserve and enhance while fitting into their new homeland. Also explored are the complex dimensions of Finnish-American political and religious life, as well as the exodus of many radical leftists to Soviet Karelia in the 1930s. Through the lens of multiculturalism, transnationalism, and whiteness studies, the authors of this volume present a rich portrait of this distinctive group.

Author : Mika Roinila
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cultural geography
ISBN : 0773456783

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The Finnish Immigrant Experience in North America, 1880-2000 by Mika Roinila Pdf

This is a compilation of over twenty years of research and publication of articles dealing with the Finnish ethnic group of North America. Topics include Finnish immigrants of Atlantic Canada, runaway sailors, prairie farmers, commercial fishermen of Lake Superior, the Finland-Swedish ethnolinguistic minority of Canada, the Finns of Virginia and Central Appalachia, and the popularity of the Finnish sauna in the American hospitality industry.

Author : Magnus Linnarsson,Mats Hallenberg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040040980

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Nordic Welfare Cities by Magnus Linnarsson,Mats Hallenberg Pdf

This book examines Nordic cities from 1850 and their transformation from traditional, oligarchic towns to modern, inclusive welfare cities. In the contemporary world, the role of cities as hotbeds for progressive change has become increasingly topical. Historical studies on how Nordic cities addressed social and environmental questions a hundred years ago and how they eventually created new and inclusive policies for the future is a useful contribution to the current debate. The concept of the welfare city is addressed and elaborated upon to analyse the attempts by urban authorities to solve the problems following industrialization and urbanization. From the late nineteenth century, municipal public services promoted the integration of new groups in the urban community including workers, immigrants, women and children. The contributions in this book analyse various examples of welfare and public services that include infrastructure and transport systems, health care, housing conditions, outdoor life and entertainment. The chapters highlight the arguments and considerations promoting welfare policies, while also addressing differences between the Nordic countries. The evolution of the Nordic welfare city was a process of several overlapping phases or dimensions. This volume will be of value to students and scholars alike interested in urban history, social and cultural history and European history.

Author : Jonathan Y. Okamura,Candace Fujikane
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824861513

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Asian Settler Colonialism by Jonathan Y. Okamura,Candace Fujikane Pdf

Asian Settler Colonialism is a groundbreaking collection that examines the roles of Asians as settlers in Hawai‘i. Contributors from various fields and disciplines investigate aspects of Asian settler colonialism to illustrate its diverse operations and impact on Native Hawaiians. Essays range from analyses of Japanese, Korean, and Filipino settlement to accounts of Asian settler practices in the legislature, the prison industrial complex, and the U.S. military to critiques of Asian settlers’ claims to Hawai‘i in literature and the visual arts.

Author : Jana Sverdljuk,Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger,Erika K. Jackson,Peter Kivisto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000164916

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Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA by Jana Sverdljuk,Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger,Erika K. Jackson,Peter Kivisto Pdf

This volume explores the complex and contradictory ways in which the cultural, scientific and political myth of whiteness has influenced identities, self-perceptions and the process of integration of Nordic immigrants into multicultural and racially segregated American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In deploying central insights from whiteness studies, postcolonial feminist and intersectionality theories, it shows that Nordic immigrants - Danes, Swedes, Finns, Norwegians and Sámi - contributed to and challenged American racism and white identity. A diverse group of immigrants, they could proclaim themselves ‘hyper-white’ and ‘better citizens than anybody else’, including Anglo-Saxons, thus taking for granted the racial bias of American citizenship and ownership rights, yet there were also various, unexpected intersections of whiteness with ethnicity, regional belonging, gender, sexuality, and political views. ‘Nordic whiteness’, then, was not a monolithic notion in the USA and could be challenged by other identities, which could even turn white Nordic immigrants into marginalised figures. A fascinating study of whiteness and identity among white migrants in the USA, Nordic Whiteness will appeal to scholars of sociology, history and anthropology with interests in Scandinavian studies, migration and diaspora studies and American studies.