In cod we trust : living the Norwegian dream / / Eric Dregni

• Autore: Dregni Eric <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 pages) : map
• Disciplina: 914.81045
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Norwegian
• Soggetto geografico: Norway Social life and customs 20th century; Norway Description and travel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; A Cambridge Education; From Colony to Homeland; A Beautiful Day in Hell; "Screw Yourself" at IKEA; Janteloven; The Chest; Munch Is Dårlig; Aliens; Living the Norwegian Dream; Porridge Night; Norsk Course; A to Å; Cabin Culture; A True Norwegian; Paul Bunyan's Blacksmith?; "Take Everything for Good Fish"; A Free Upbringing; Columbus Was Norwegian; On the Meat Bus; Bargain Babies; Earth Mothers at the Sick House; The Name of the Devil; Mørketid: The Dark Time; Tran!; Rakfisk: Riskier Than Lutefisk; Juletid; Fish in Lye; Born Wearing Skis; "The World's Most Beautiful Voyage" ; Snowbound in Bodø; The Knitting Hall of Fame; Døping the Baby; In Cod We Trust; Syttende Mai: Constitution Day; You Can't Eat Beauty; Acknowledgments; Snakker Du Norsk?
• Sommario/riassunto: Eric Dregni's great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that-mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries-it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a birth abroad and benefiting from a remarkably generous health care system, the Dregnis' family came full circle when their son Eilif was born in Norwa
• Titolo autorizzato: In cod we trust
• ISBN: 0-8166-6637-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825359303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II