Colonialism in the Margins ─ Cultural Encounters in New Sweden And Lapland

From 1638-1655, Sweden maintained a colony in the region of the Delaware River on the east coast of the North American continent. In this study, Fur examines Swedish policies towards the Lenape and Susquehannock Indians from the perspective of Swedish administrators and officers. She then compares these interactions in North America with those involving Swedish colonizers and the indigenous Saami people in Lapland during the same period. Fur teaches history at Vaxjo U. in Sweden. The text is based on her dissertation (1993, U. of Oklahoma). Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gunlog Fur, Ph.D. (1993) in History, University of Oklahoma, is Associate Professor of History at Vaxjo University in Sweden. She has published on colonial encounters and gender in Northeast America and Northern Scandinavia.