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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...
An Introduction to Danish Culture
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00For many non-Danish citizens of the world, Denmark remains an enigma. Too often confused with other Scandinavian countries, this southernmost Nordic nation has been characterized by stereotypes and cliches related to socialism, cradle-to-grave security, football, pornography, Hamlet, pigs, dairy cattle, and beer. This enlightening guide to Danish society,... more...
The Political Economy of Joining the European Union
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 50.00Deze dissertatie onderzoekt de effecten van een volwaardig EU-lidmaatschap voor de politieke economie van IJsland. Het biedt tevens een overzicht van de EU, EER en de Europese Vrijhandelsassociatie (EVA) en een grondige analyse van de EMU en het vissers- en landbouwbeleid. Bovendien biedt dit proefschrift een blik op de voor- en nadelen van een EU-lidmaatschap.... more...
The Viking World
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 52.95Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field, and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever attempted. 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...
Early Kings of Norway
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99A fascinating look at some of the early Viking kings, such as Óláfr Tryggvason (Olaf the First), and Knut den Mektige (Canute the Great). Written by famed historian Thomas Carlyle. more...
Mannerheim
Haus Publishing 2012; US$ 17.95The amazing life of Gustav Mannerheim, a life tragically and heroically intertwined with the twentieth century. more...
World Film Locations: Reykjavík
Intellect 2012; US$ 24.95Though the creative community of Reykjavík, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic outputmost notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the 1980sReykjavíks filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. 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...
BISMARCK'S FIRST WAR
Helion & Company 2006; US$ 25.00This book chronicles the final conflict over the now almost forgotten Schleswig-Holstein Question, once a pivotal issue for the great powers of Europe. The campaign of Schleswig and Jutland was also the first of Otto von Bismarcks Wars of German Unification, which together created a united German Empire under Prussian leadership.... more...









