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

Kent, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861890672 ISBN 13: 9781861890672

Publisher: Reaktion Books, 2001

Synopsis

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 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, the author also provides an architectural and artistic history of the region.

About this title

Review:

'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 teaches and carries out historical and social research at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Triumph of Light and Nature: Nordic Art 1740-1940 (1987).

About this edition

• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1861890672
• ISBN 13: 9781861890672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416