The Soul of the North: a Social,Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic Countries,1700-1940 (Histories, Cultures, Contexts) - Hardcover

Kent, Nigel

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9781861890412: The Soul of the North: a Social,Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic Countries,1700-1940 (Histories, Cultures, Contexts)

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ISBN 10: 1861890419 ISBN 13: 9781861890412

Publisher: Reaktion Books, 2000

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The social and cultural history of the Nordic region (including denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Greenland), as well as that of outlying former provinces such as Swedish Pomerania and the erstwhile Caribbean colonies, is examined in this study. Religious and spiritual values, family life and sexuality, health and hygiene, town and country and slavery in the tropical colonies are amongst the topics dealt with in some depth. At the same time, Neil Kent also provides an architectural and artistic history of the region.

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'A most ambitious undertaking, made by someone both experienced and learned in the life and art of the Nordic countries' - Independent on Sunday

About the Author:

Neil Kent was born in Florida, and studied in Sweden and Cambridge, where he now carries out research at the Scott Polar Research Institute and the History of Art Department of Cambridge University. He is author of The Triumph of Light and Nature: Nordic Art 1740 1940 (1987)."

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