02633nam 2200553 450 991080912200332120220504185054.00-85745-282-710.1515/9780857452825(CKB)2550000001238820(EBL)1659341(SSID)ssj0001211697(PQKBManifestationID)11832079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001211697(PQKBWorkID)11205391(PQKB)10982333(MiAaPQ)EBC1659341(DE-B1597)636544(DE-B1597)9780857452825(EXLCZ)99255000000123882020140421h20112011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoping with distances producing Nordic Atlantic societies /Jørgen Ole BærenholdtNew York :Berghahn Books,[2011]©20111 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-144-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.COPING WITH DISTANCES; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS; PREFACE; 1. COPING ON THE MARGINS; 2. EMPOWERING RESEARCH; 3. NORDIC ATLANTIC SOCIETIES EMERGING; 4. FORMATIVE TRANSPORTS; 5. NETS AND FLOWS I: FISHERIES; 6. NETS AND FLOWS II: TOURISM; 7. INHABITING WELFARE MUNICIPALITIES; 8. THE AMBIVALENCES OF NORDICITY; 9. TRANSNATIONALISM AND 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThe Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in Northern Norway, Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland. Living conditions in the Nordic Atlantic are so extreme that one might ask whether the notion of society is applicable under these circumstances. The author argues that, yes, there is a meaningful way of comprehending theseCommunicationSocial aspectsScandinaviaScandinaviaSocial conditionsNorth Atlantic RegionSocial conditionsCommunicationSocial aspects943.6/04943.604Bærenholdt Jørgen Ole1668349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809122003321Coping with distances4028908UNINA