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Names for the Sea
Counterpoint 2013; US$ 17.95Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was nineteen. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in Kent. The resulting adventure was shaped by Iceland?s economic collapse, which halved... 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...
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...
Deutschland als Problem Dänemarks
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013; US$ 70.64Hauptbeschreibung Mit dem Beginn der Nationalstaatsbewegungen wurde die Grenzregion Sønderjylland/Schleswig zum zentralen Konfliktfeld zwischen deutschen und dänischen Ansprüchen. Sie erhielt zentrale symbolische Bedeutung für die Etablierung nationaler Erinnerungen und Identitäten. Welche Rolle spielt das materielle Kulturerbe... more...
Iceland and European Integration
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union? This unique volume uses the case study of Iceland - the only Nordic state to have never applied for EU membership - to explore the complex attitudes of small states to European intergration and provide a new theoretical approach for understanding such relationships. The contributors explain... 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...
Mannerheim
Haus Publishing 2012; US$ 17.95The amazing life of Gustav Mannerheim, a life tragically and heroically intertwined with the twentieth century. more...
How to be Danish
Short Books 2012; US$ 11.65What links Sarah Lund and Lars von Trier? Or Carlsberg and Kierkegaard? Or even Shakespeare and Metallica? The answer lies in Denmark, the country that has gripped the British imagination more than any other in recent memory. But though we watch their TV series, wear their jumpers, and play with their toys, how much do we really know about the... 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...
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...









