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Wasteland with Words : a Social History of Iceland.

Iceland 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sigurður G. Magnússon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Wasteland with Words Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction: Blind Spots in History; 1. Modern Times: Society, Work and Demography; 2. People and Politics; 3. The Feeling of Swallowing a Hunchback: Material Culture; 4. Icelandic Connections: The Lure of the New World; 5. Tactics for Emotional Survival: Education, Work and Environment; 6. Death and Daily Life; 7. Childhood, Youth and the Formation of the Individual; 8. A True Passion: Writing as Personal Expression; 9. The Shaping of Modern Man; 10. The Middle Ages and Beyond: A Cultural Foundation. 
505 8 |a 11. The Barefoot Historians and the 'People's Press'12. Urban Living: Industry, Labour and Living Conditions; 13. The Myth of the Model Woman: Gender Roles in Urban and Rural Iceland; 14. Death in the City; 15. Children in Urban Areas; 16. Monsters from the Deep and the Icelandic Way of Thinking; 17. Selective Modernization and Capitalist Euphoria; 18. Black-out; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index. 
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