Iceland : the first new society / / Richard F. Tomasson
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1980 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 247 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 949.1/2 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iceland Civilization |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Iceland |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-5881-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821238803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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