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Top 10 Iceland
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 14.00Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 Iceland uses exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding... more...
The Anthropology of Iceland
University of Iowa Press 1995; US$ 31.95The Anthropology of Iceland presents the first perspectives on Icelandic anthropology from both Icelandic and foreign anthropologists. The thirteen essays in this volume are divided into four themes: ideology and action; kinship and gender; culture, class, and ethnicity; and the Commonwealth period of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the... more...
Around Iceland on Inspiration
Jonathan Ball Publishers 2012; US$ 18.96South Africa?s best-known adventurer Riaan Manser takes on his toughest ? and coldest - challenge ever, to kayak around Iceland accompanied by Dan Skinstad, who suffers from mild cerebral palsy. Confronted by icy seas, raging winter storms and logistical nightmares, the two adventurers overcome daunting obstacles, including coming to terms with... more...
Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity
Springer 2013; US$ 99.99? ?In Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians present case studies that focus on the scope and impact of Scandinavian colonial expansion in the North, Africa,... more...
Vikings in History
Routledge 1991; US$ 35.95The second edition of this lively and comprehensive book provides a forceful reassessment of the role of the Vikings in history. more...
Analysing the Foreign Policy of Small States in the EU
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 125.00Can a distinct national foreign policy still be identified for small EU member states, and what accounts for the balance between national and EU foreign policy? Henrik Larsen develops an analytical framework for analyzing these questions and offers solutions through an empirical examination of the foreign policy of a small EU member state in the context... more...
Iceland
University of Minnesota Press 1980; US$ 67.50Iceland, as described by Tomasson, has a fascinating, often contradictory culture, writes Seymour Martin Lipset in his forward to this book, the first sociological account in English of modern Icelandic society and the forces that have shaped it. Richar more...
The Vikings
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 9.99The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, yet they were also traders, settlers, and farmers, who have been variously perceived as poets, explorers, democrats, and statesmen. Julian Richards uses the latest archaeological evidence to reveal the whole Viking world, and examines their legacy - from medieval sagas to 19th Century nationalism.... more...
Landnahme-Mythos, kulturelles Gedächtnis und nationale Identität
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2010; US$ 45.29Hauptbeschreibung Als sich Island zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts von Dänemark löste und sich gleichzeitig tief greifende Modernisierungsprozesse vollzogen, intensivierte sich der Diskurs über eine isländische nationale Identität. Auch die Gründung von Reisevereinen wurde in diesem nationalen Kontext gedeutet. So nahmen die Akteure den Gründungsmythos... more...
Images of Contemporary Iceland
University of Iowa Press 1996; US$ 29.95The Anthropology of Iceland presents the first perspectives on Icelandic anthropology from both Icelandic and foreign anthropologists. The thirteen essays in this volume are divided into four themes: ideology and action; kinship and gender; culture, class, and ethnicity; and the Commonwealth period of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the flowering... more...









