The Dream of the North : A Cultural History to 1920 (Volume 23)

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...

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Main Author: Fjågesund, Peter (auth)
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Published: Brill 2014
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