Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680
This article analyses the industrial enterprise of the Dutch-born brothers Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their investments in Sápmi and the upper parts of the Torne River Valley, northern Sweden, during the second half of the seventeenth century. The aim is to explore the driving forces be...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-334538 2023-05-15T13:02:15+02:00 Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 Nordin, Jonas M. Ojala, Carl-Gösta 2017 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334538 https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2017.1397397 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi Acta Borealia, 0800-3831, 2017, 34:2, s. 103-133 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334538 doi:10.1080/08003831.2017.1397397 ISI:000418924000001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Seventeenth century colonialism modernity copper industry mining mines works Dutch industrialists Sápmi Sámi Torne River Valley Kengis 1600-tal kolonialism modernitet koppar industrialism gruvor bruk nederländska industrialister samer Tornedalen Archaeology Arkeologi Article, review/survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2017 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2017.1397397 2023-02-23T21:48:25Z This article analyses the industrial enterprise of the Dutch-born brothers Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their investments in Sápmi and the upper parts of the Torne River Valley, northern Sweden, during the second half of the seventeenth century. The aim is to explore the driving forces behind the industrial projects of the two brothers in a larger global and colonial context. With inspiration from recent critical studies on the simplifications, and Eurocentrism, in earlier understandings of the birth of modernity, we focus on the modernizing processes taking place in the upper part of the Torne River Valley as a meeting zone between local populations and landscapes and external capital. Metal extraction was booming in the seventeenth-century Sámi areas. Both the Danish-Norwegian and the Swedish Crowns invested heavily in the mining of silver, copper and iron. The scientific focus in archaeology and history has hitherto been very much on the state-governed projects, and limited interest has been directed towards the private enterprises. Moreover, there is also a need to study the roles of the local Finnish and Sámi populations, as well as the global connections, in these colonial industrial projects. A Colonial Arena: Landscape, People and Globalization in Inland Northern Sweden in the Early Modern Period Article in Journal/Newspaper Acta Borealia Northern Sweden Sámi Tornedalen Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Kengis ENVELOPE(23.500,23.500,67.183,67.183) Two Brothers ENVELOPE(-80.416,-80.416,58.867,58.867) Acta Borealia 34 2 103 133 |
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Seventeenth century colonialism modernity copper industry mining mines works Dutch industrialists Sápmi Sámi Torne River Valley Kengis 1600-tal kolonialism modernitet koppar industrialism gruvor bruk nederländska industrialister samer Tornedalen Archaeology Arkeologi Nordin, Jonas M. Ojala, Carl-Gösta Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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This article analyses the industrial enterprise of the Dutch-born brothers Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their investments in Sápmi and the upper parts of the Torne River Valley, northern Sweden, during the second half of the seventeenth century. The aim is to explore the driving forces behind the industrial projects of the two brothers in a larger global and colonial context. With inspiration from recent critical studies on the simplifications, and Eurocentrism, in earlier understandings of the birth of modernity, we focus on the modernizing processes taking place in the upper part of the Torne River Valley as a meeting zone between local populations and landscapes and external capital. Metal extraction was booming in the seventeenth-century Sámi areas. Both the Danish-Norwegian and the Swedish Crowns invested heavily in the mining of silver, copper and iron. The scientific focus in archaeology and history has hitherto been very much on the state-governed projects, and limited interest has been directed towards the private enterprises. Moreover, there is also a need to study the roles of the local Finnish and Sámi populations, as well as the global connections, in these colonial industrial projects. A Colonial Arena: Landscape, People and Globalization in Inland Northern Sweden in the Early Modern Period |
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Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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copper worlds : a historical archaeology of abraham and jakob momma-reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the torne river valley, c. 1650-1680 |
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