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UNINA9910821238803321 |
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Autore |
Tomasson Richard F. <1928-> |
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Titolo |
Iceland : the first new society / / Richard F. Tomasson |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1980 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 247 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 The First New Society; Chapter 2 Modern Iceland and Its Making; Chapter 3 The Demography of an Isolated People; Chapter 4 Men, Women, and Kinship; Chapter 5 Literacy and Cultural Life; Chapter 6 The Language; Chapter 7 Religion, Literature, and Alcohol; Chapter 8 Values; Notes; Appendix A: The Interview Schedule; Appendix B: The Interview Sample; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Iceland, 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. |
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