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Iceland and European Integrationby Baldur Thorhallsson
Routledge 2004; US$ 41.95This book explores the relationship between small states and Europe using the case study of Iceland, the only Nordic state not to have applied for EU membership. It explains Iceland's reluctance to participate in European integration. more...
Icelandby Richard F. Tomasson
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...
Iceland Travel Adventuresby Don Young; Marjorie Young
Hunter Publishing 2008; US$ 17.99Iceland is unique. It has thermal hot springs, fantastic wildlife, glaciers, whales, long fjords, fishing villages, a bustling capital and a vast, unspoiled interior. The people are highly educated, and more books per capita are published here than anywhere else in the world. Reykjavik, the capital, is home to half of the population. While it is the base for business, at nighttime its streets fill with a hip crowd who come to drink, party and dance till the wee hours. This book covers it all, and has color photos, maps and a thorough index. more...
Historical Dictionary of Icelandby Gudmundur Halfdanarson
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2008; US$ 109.99The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. more...
Icelanders in the Viking Ageby William R. Short
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 35.00The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-Age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include Icelandic religion, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and major milestones in life of Viking-Age Icelanders. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land,... more...
Iceland Travel Complete Profileby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 14.40Whether planning your own trip to Iceland, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
The Political Economy of Joining the European Unionby Magnus Bjarnason
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. Een beslissing om deel te nemen aan de EU is uiteindelijk een politiek dilemma en deze dissertatie is bedoeld om een dergelijke beslissing zo gefundeerd mogelijk te maken. more...
Landnahme-Mythos, kulturelles Gedächtnis und nationale Identitätby Marion Lerner
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2010; US$ 45.03Hauptbeschreibung 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 der isländischen Nation für sich in Anspruch und imaginierten sich als "neue Landnehmer". Sie füllten den Mythos aber mit unterschiedlichen Inhalten. Während die Vätergeneration ihre Landnahme noch buchstäblich im Landesinneren und auf den Gletschern Islands vollzog, diese Landesteile erschloss und der Nation zur Verfügung stellte, wandte die jüngere Generation den Blick zurück. Sie wollte das... more...
Top 10 Icelandby DK Publishing
DK Publishing 2010; 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 out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip. more...
Images of Contemporary Icelandby Gisli Palsson; E. Paul Durrenberger
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 of sagas. Insider and outsider viewpoints on such topics as the Icelandic women's movement, the transformation of the fishing industry, the idea of mystical power in modern Iceland, and archaeological research in Iceland merge to form an international, comparative discourse. Individually and collectively, by bringing the insights of anthropology to bear on Iceland, the native and foreign... more...









