02495nam 2200613 a 450 991082123880332120200520144314.00-8166-5881-1(CKB)1000000000487196(OCoLC)233169583(CaPaEBR)ebrary10231228(SSID)ssj0000361430(PQKBManifestationID)11266858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361430(PQKBWorkID)10352580(PQKB)10306293(SSID)ssj0000175912(PQKBManifestationID)11197091(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175912(PQKBWorkID)10204314(PQKB)10690295(MiAaPQ)EBC345483(MdBmJHUP)muse39294(Au-PeEL)EBL345483(CaPaEBR)ebr10231228(CaONFJC)MIL525598(OCoLC)476162112(EXLCZ)99100000000048719620790803d1980 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIceland the first new society /Richard F. Tomasson1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19801 online resource (xv, 247 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8166-0913-6 0-8166-6471-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index.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; IndexIceland, 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.IcelandCivilization949.1/2Tomasson Richard F.1928-683824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821238803321Iceland3969925UNINA