Seawomen of Iceland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seawomen of Iceland write by Margaret Willson. This book was released on 2016-04-01. Seawomen of Iceland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Finalist for the 2017 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction / History The plaque said this was the winter fishing hut of Thurídur Einarsdóttir, one of Iceland's greatest fishing captains, and that she lived from 1777 to 1863. "Wait," anthropologist and former seawoman Margaret Willson said. "She??" So began a quest. Were there more Icelandic seawomen? Most Icelanders said no, and, after all, in most parts of the world fishing is considered a male profession. What could she expect in Iceland? She found a surprise. This book is a glimpse into the lives of vibrant women who have braved the sea for centuries. Their accounts include the excitement, accidents, trials, and tribulations of fishing in Iceland from the historic times of small open rowboats to today's high-tech fisheries. Based on extensive historical and field research, Seawomen of Iceland allows the seawomen's voices to speak directly with strength, intelligence, and - above all - a knowledge of how to survive. This engaging ethnographic narrative will intrigue both general and academic readers interested in maritime culture, the anthropology of work, Nordic life, and gender studies.
At Home on the Waves
At Home on the Waves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook At Home on the Waves write by Tanya J. King. This book was released on 2019-02-18. At Home on the Waves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, and continue to live intimately with it. In doing so, it brings together both ethnographic and archaeological research – much of it with an explicit Ingoldian approach – on a wide range of geographical areas and historical periods.
Ingmar Bergman's The Silence
Ingmar Bergman's The Silence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ingmar Bergman's The Silence write by Maaret Koskinen. This book was released on 2010. Ingmar Bergman's The Silence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When The Silence was released in 1963, Bergman's stature allowed the film's depiction of sexuality to challenge the boundaries of the censorship boards in Sweden and the U.S. Yet, Swedish film critic Maaret Koskinen - one of the first scholars given access to Bergman's private papers - found his notebooks revealed his tendency to self-censorship, as well as the difficulties he experienced in writing for the medium of moving images. She draws a picture of Berman that reveals his attempts to make his work relevant to a new generation of filmgoers.
Nordic Exposures
Nordic Exposures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic Exposures write by Arne Lunde. This book was released on 2010. Nordic Exposures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This series offers interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Nordic region of Scandinavia and the Baltic States and their cultural connections in North America. By redefining the boundaries of Scandinavian studies to include the Baltic States and Scandinavian America, the series presents books that focus on the study of the culture, history, literature, and politics of the North. --Book Jacket.
Boom and Bust
Boom and Bust - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boom and Bust write by William Quinn. This book was released on 2020-08-06. Boom and Bust available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
