Hunters in transition : : an outline of early Sámi history / / by Lars Ivar Hansen and Bjørnar Olsen.

• Superior document: The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economics and cultures, volume 63
• Author: Hansen, Lars Ivar, 1947-
• TeilnehmendeR: Olsen, Bjørnar.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Northern world ; v. 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Hunters in Transition provides a new outline of the early history of the Sámi, the indigenous population of northernmost Europe. Discussing crucial issues such as the formation of Sámi ethnicity, interaction with chieftain and state societies, and the transition from hunting to reindeer herding, the book departs from the common trope whereby native encounters with other cultures, state societies, and “modernity”, are depicted mainly in negative terms. Far from always victimizing “the other”, the interaction with outside societies played a crucial role in generating and maintaining a number of features considered integral to Sámi culture. At the same time the authors also emphasize internal processes and dynamics and show how these have greatly contributed to the diverse historical trajectories with which this book is concerned. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Changing Views on the Origins of the Sámi -- 3 Economic Specialization and Ethnic Consolidation: Northern Hunting Societies in the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages -- 4 Colonization, Contacts and Change, 1200–1550 -- 5 State Integration and Sámi Rights circa 1550–1750 -- 6 Missionaries and Shamans: Sámi Religion and the Campaign Against it -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Table of Relations -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place Names.