Swedish-American Borderlands: New Histories of Transatlantic Relations

Studies of Swedish American history and identity have largely been confined to separate disciplines, such as history, literature, or politics. Swedish–American Borderlands, edited by Dag Blanck and Adam Hjorthén, explores an exciting new avenue in Swedish-American and migration history, namely “borderland studies,” which includes a pathbreaking cross-disciplinary examination of the countless aspects of historical and cultural relations between the two countries. The volume brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences to investigate multiple transcultural exchanges between Sweden and the United States, featuring specific case studies of topics including jazz, architecture, design, and genealogy.