Urban Diaspora

Download or read book Urban Diaspora written by Jette Linaa and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book on the rise and fall of diasporic communities in Early Modern urban centers in Denmark and Sweden. It contains 17 chapters written by archaeologists, historians and scientists, ranging from in-depth studies of artefacts, biofacts and archaeological features to large-scale analyses of community formation among natives and migrants of multiple origins. The plethora of sources and approaches afforded by the numerous disciplines involved enables a significant new insight into the creation and recreation of migrant communities in these Early Modern towns.