Language, Citizenship, and Sámi Education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940 - Volume 100

Timely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sámi people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The book provides essential information on the relationship between large-scale government policies and indigenous peoples.

About the author

Otso Kortekangas is a researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the author of numerous publications on Sámi history and education.

Summary

Timely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sámi people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The book provides essential information on the relationship between large-scale government policies and indigenous peoples.

Product details

• Authors: Otso Kortekangas
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780228005698
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00569-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Indigenous and; McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education