Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic
Examining the archaeological material of the modern period, over a period of the last 500 years, this open access book presents a series of case studies that challenges the fallacy of Nordic egalitarianism. The widening gap between rich and poor Western countries is now a well-known phenomenon and,...
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| description | Examining the archaeological material of the modern period, over a period of the last 500 years, this open access book presents a series of case studies that challenges the fallacy of Nordic egalitarianism. The widening gap between rich and poor Western countries is now a well-known phenomenon and, while Scandinavia has often been hailed as one of the regions where inequality has been the lowest, even here a similar trend toward widening inequality has been observed. The topic of inequality has long been a major focus of interest within archaeology, but the goal and novelty of this volume is to start with the problem of material disparity by asking what this means, rather than starting with the problem of social inequality and trying to map observable material disparities onto its various conceptualizations. Key themes include variations between urban and rural contexts, as well as geographical proximity to centres of commerce and industry, different local/cultural valuations of – especially consumer – goods and discard practices. The result is an original study of a wealth of material culture that tells us how extensive this inequality actually was and the different ways it appeared in various societies. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Iceland. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1757892026-04-20T08:39:08Z Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic Lucas, Gavin Andersen, Vivi Lena Maxwell, Ágústa Edwald Moníe Nordin, Jonas Ylimaunu, Timo Material disparity Nordic countries Modern period Nordic egalitarianism Copenhagen Archaeology Excavations Material culture Society Class Finland Iceland Holland Urban Rural Commerce Industry Cultural Wealth Norway Sweden Crisis thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC2 Material culture thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes Examining the archaeological material of the modern period, over a period of the last 500 years, this open access book presents a series of case studies that challenges the fallacy of Nordic egalitarianism. The widening gap between rich and poor Western countries is now a well-known phenomenon and, while Scandinavia has often been hailed as one of the regions where inequality has been the lowest, even here a similar trend toward widening inequality has been observed. The topic of inequality has long been a major focus of interest within archaeology, but the goal and novelty of this volume is to start with the problem of material disparity by asking what this means, rather than starting with the problem of social inequality and trying to map observable material disparities onto its various conceptualizations. Key themes include variations between urban and rural contexts, as well as geographical proximity to centres of commerce and industry, different local/cultural valuations of – especially consumer – goods and discard practices. The result is an original study of a wealth of material culture that tells us how extensive this inequality actually was and the different ways it appeared in various societies. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Iceland. 2026-04-20T08:39:08Z 2026-04-20T08:39:08Z 2026-04-16T11:11:36Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350455856_40 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112395 9781350455856 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175789 eng open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bloomsbury Academic b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350455856 Bloomsbury Academic 256 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Material disparity Nordic countries Modern period Nordic egalitarianism Copenhagen Archaeology Excavations Material culture Society Class Finland Iceland Holland Urban Rural Commerce Industry Cultural Wealth Norway Sweden Crisis thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC2 Material culture thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
| title | Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
| title_full | Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
| title_short | Poverty and Plenty in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
| title_sort | poverty and plenty in scandinavia and the north atlantic |
| topic | Material disparity Nordic countries Modern period Nordic egalitarianism Copenhagen Archaeology Excavations Material culture Society Class Finland Iceland Holland Urban Rural Commerce Industry Cultural Wealth Norway Sweden Crisis thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC2 Material culture thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes |
| topic_facet | Material disparity Nordic countries Modern period Nordic egalitarianism Copenhagen Archaeology Excavations Material culture Society Class Finland Iceland Holland Urban Rural Commerce Industry Cultural Wealth Norway Sweden Crisis thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC2 Material culture thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes |
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