Wasteland with words [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of Iceland / / Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon |
Autore | Magnusson Sigurdur Gylfi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion Books, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina | 949.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Social evolution - Iceland
Learning and scholarship - Iceland - History |
ISBN |
1-280-49365-8
9786613588883 1-86189-733-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents -- Introduction: Blind Spots in History -- 1. Modern Times: Society, Work and Demography -- 2. People and Politics -- 3. The Feeling of Swallowing a Hunchback: Material Culture -- 4. Icelandic Connections: The Lure of the New World -- 5. Tactics for Emotional Survival: Education, Work and Environment -- 6. Death and Daily Life -- 7. Childhood, Youth and the Formation of the Individual -- 8. A True Passion: Writing as Personal Expression -- 9. The Shaping of Modern Man -- 10. The Middle Ages and Beyond: A Cultural Foundation -- 11. The Barefoot Historians and the 'People's Press' -- 12. Urban Living: Industry, Labour and Living Conditions -- 13. The Myth of the Model Woman: Gender Roles in Urban and Rural Iceland -- 14. Death in the City -- 15. Children in Urban Areas -- 16. Monsters from the Deep and the Icelandic Way of Thinking -- 17. Selective Modernization and Capitalist Euphoria -- 18. Black-out -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778932303321 |
Magnusson Sigurdur Gylfi | ||
London, : Reaktion Books, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wasteland with words : a social history of Iceland / / Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon |
Autore | Magnusson Sigurdur Gylfi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion Books, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina | 949.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Social evolution - Iceland
Learning and scholarship - Iceland - History |
ISBN |
1-280-49365-8
9786613588883 1-86189-733-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents -- Introduction: Blind Spots in History -- 1. Modern Times: Society, Work and Demography -- 2. People and Politics -- 3. The Feeling of Swallowing a Hunchback: Material Culture -- 4. Icelandic Connections: The Lure of the New World -- 5. Tactics for Emotional Survival: Education, Work and Environment -- 6. Death and Daily Life -- 7. Childhood, Youth and the Formation of the Individual -- 8. A True Passion: Writing as Personal Expression -- 9. The Shaping of Modern Man -- 10. The Middle Ages and Beyond: A Cultural Foundation -- 11. The Barefoot Historians and the 'People's Press' -- 12. Urban Living: Industry, Labour and Living Conditions -- 13. The Myth of the Model Woman: Gender Roles in Urban and Rural Iceland -- 14. Death in the City -- 15. Children in Urban Areas -- 16. Monsters from the Deep and the Icelandic Way of Thinking -- 17. Selective Modernization and Capitalist Euphoria -- 18. Black-out -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807194803321 |
Magnusson Sigurdur Gylfi | ||
London, : Reaktion Books, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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