Iceland Imagined

Autorentext

Karen Oslund. Foreword by William Cronon

Klappentext

Karen Oslund is assistant professor of world history at Towson University in Maryland.

Zusammenfassung
Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe

Inhalt

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Foreword by William Cronon

Acknowledgements

Introduction. Imagining Iceland: Narrating the North

1. Icelandic Landscapes: Natural Histories and National Histories

2. Nordic by Nature: Classifying and Controlling Flora and Fauna in Iceland

3. Mastering the World's Edges: Technology, Tools, and Material Culture in the North Atlantic

4. Translating and Converting: Language and Religion in Greenland

5. Reading Backward: Language and the Sagas in the Faroe Islands

Epilogue. Whales and Men: Contested Scientific Ethics and Cultural Politics in the North Atlantic

Notes

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Index