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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...
Wasteland with Words
Reaktion Books 2012; US$ 39.95Iceland is an enigmatic island country marked by contradiction: it’s a part of Europe, yet separated from it by the Atlantic Ocean; it’s seemingly inhospitable, yet home to more than 300,000. Wasteland with Words explores these paradoxes to uncover the mystery of Iceland. In Wasteland with Words Sigurdur Gylfi Magnússon presents... more...
Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe
Nordic Academic Press 2011; US$ 46.99Written by 19 scholars of history, archaeology, and ethnology, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to European spaces of the past and the human agents within them. Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems but also offered possibilities for its people. Distances created obstacles to communication and state formation,... more...
Treasured Memories
Nordic Academic Press 2012; US$ 31.99In the autumn of 1944, around 70,000 people fled Estonia in the face of the Red Army's advance; most of them believed the Soviet occupation would be short-lived and they would soon be able to return home. A comprehensive study of a common yet neglected phenomenon, this book tells the stories of the hoards of valuable belongings hidden by these Estonian... more...
God, Duty and Community in English Economic Life, 1660-1720
Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 99.00This book reveals the inadequacy of many previous discussions of English economic life, which have ignored or dismissed the influence of cultural factors. Waddell argues that certain fundamental beliefs remained the frame through which people viewed food marketing, labour relations, land use, poor relief, and many other 'earthly' concerns. more...
Performing Nordic Heritage
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95The performance of heritage takes place in prestigious institutions such as museums and archives, in officially sanctioned spaces such as jubilees and public monuments, but also in more mundane, ephemeral and banal cultural practices, such as naming of phenomena, viewing exhibitions or walking in the countryside. This volume examines the performance... more...
Xenophobe's Guide to the Finns
Oval Books 2011; US$ 4.99Forewarned is forearmed?an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure xenophobia. This guide to understanding the Finns explores their national characteristics with humor and style. more...
Xenophobe's Guide to the Icelanders
Oval Books 2009; US$ 4.99An insightful, humorous look at Icelandic character and values. " Not only has an Icelander held the title of World's Strongest Man, but there have been several Icelandic Miss Worlds. There have also been a surprising number of Icelandic chess grandmasters, and Iceland has more writers and artists per capita than any other country on earth.... more...
Kings and Vikings
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion. more...









