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About the hearth : perspectives on the home, hearth, and household in the circumpolar north /

Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, David G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Building a Home for Circumpolar Architecture
  • Chapter 2 The Conical Lodge at the Centre of the Earth-Sky World
  • Chapter 3 Mobile Architecture, Improvization and Museum Practice
  • Chapter 4 Building Log Cabins in Teetł'it Gwich'inCountry
  • Chapter 5 The Mobile Sámi Dwelling
  • Chapter 6 The Devitalization and Revitalization of Sámi Dwellings in Sweden
  • Chapter 7 Family Matters
  • Chapter 8 The Life Histories of Intergenerational Households in Northern Norway 1865-1900
  • Chapter 9 Hunters in Transition
  • Chapter 10 Building a Home for the Hearth
  • Chapter 11 The Perception of the Built Environment by Permanent Residents, Seasonal In-migrants and Casual Incomers in a Village in Northwest Russia
  • Chapter 12 The Hearth, the Home and the Homeland
  • Chapter 13 The Fire is our Grandfather
  • Chapter 14 Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • References
  • Index.