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Author : Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Iceland
ISBN : OCLC:1026889591
Author : Geraldine Barnes
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0859916081
Viking America examined through the writing and rewriting of the Vinland story from the middle ages to the twentieth century. The accounts in the Vinland sagas of the great voyages to the northeast coast of America in the early years of the eleventh century have often been obscured by detailed argument over the physical identity of the West Atlantic landwhich its Scandinavian discoverers named Vinland. Geraldine Barnes leaves archaeological evidence aside and returns to the Old Norse narratives, Groenlendinga saga (Saga of Greenlanders) and Eiriks saga rauda(Saga of Eric the Red), in her study of the writing and rewriting of the Vinland story from the middle ages to the late twentieth century. She sets the sagas in the context of Iceland's transition from paganism to Christianity; later chapters explore the Vinland story in relation to issues of regional pride and national myths of foundation in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America, to the ethos of popular imperialism during the same periodin English literature, and, in the late twentieth century, to postcolonial concerns. GERALDINE BARNES is associate professor of English, University of Sydney.
Author : Sandra M. Gustafson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226311302
Deliberation, in recent years, has emerged as a form of civic engagement worth reclaiming. In this persuasive book, Sandra M. Gustafson combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that current democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. Though the U.S. Constitution made deliberation central to republican self-governance, the ethical emphasis on group deliberation often conflicted with the rhetorical focus on persuasive speech. From Alexis de Tocqueville’s ideas about the deliberative basis of American democracy through the works of Walt Whitman, John Dewey, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., Gustafson shows how writers and speakers have made the aesthetic and political possibilities of deliberation central to their autobiographies, manifestos, novels, and orations. Examining seven key writers from the early American republic—including James Fenimore Cooper, David Crockett, and Daniel Webster—whose works of deliberative imagination explored the intersections of style and democratic substance, Gustafson offers a mode of historical and textual analysis that displays the wide range of resources imaginative language can contribute to political life.
Author : Gisli Palsson,E. Paul Durrenberger
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1587291770
The Anthropology of Iceland presents the first perspectives on Icelandic anthropology from both Icelandic and foreign anthropologists. The thirteen essays in this volume are divided into four themes: ideology and action; kinship and gender; culture, class, and ethnicity; and the Commonwealth period of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the flowering of sagas. Insider and outsider viewpoints on such topics as the Icelandic women's movement, the transformation of the fishing industry, the idea of mystical power in modern Iceland, and archaeological research in Iceland merge to form an international, comparative discourse. Individually and collectively, by bringing the insights of anthropology to bear on Iceland, the native and foreign authors of this volume carry Iceland into the realm of modern anthropology, advancing our understanding of the island's people and the practice of anthropology.
Author : Gísli Pálsson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1584655100
"Vilhjalmur Stefansson is widely known for his groundbreaking Canadian Arctic explorations of the early 1900s. He acquired a reputation almost larger than life with his discovery of the Copper Inuit - a hitherto unknown people - his insistence on living as the local people did, and, with Natkusiak, his Inuit co-explorer, his adventurous forays onto barren ice for months at a time. He was a fixture in the New York Greenwich Village scene and, later in his life, taught at Dartmouth College. However, despite his detailed field diaries and the frenzy of publicity that followed his every move, his private life has remained largely unknown." "Then, in 1987, an accidental discovery in a flea market of hundreds of private letters and documents proved to be those belonging to Stefansson, and they told a story of private relationships, in particular with two southern women, Orpha Cecil Smith, to whom Stefansson was engaged, and the novelist Fannie Hurst, with whom Stefansson was involved for many years. Moreover, letters between some of Stefansson's friends as well as his own field diaries alluded to an important relationship Stefansson had with an Inupiat woman in the Arctic, Pannigabluk, and to their son, Alex." "Gisli Palsson has followed the trail of these sources and conducted many interviews with Stefansson's northern descendants, uncovering a complex and perhaps torn personality. In Travelling Passions, we have a much more complete picture of the man who figured so largely in the imagination of the early twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1422 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116501040
Author : Lt. Donald Hugh Dorris
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789120370
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II The LOG begins with U.S. Sloop Vincennes, which, with the Columbus, was the first American ship to enter Tokyo Harbor (1846). A contemporaneous account of the shakedown cruise of the U.S. Cruiser Vincennes in 1937 and experiences of the ship before escorting the Hornet on the Doolittle-Tokyo expedition are given. The contents also include likenesses and biographical sketches of many men lost with the Vincennes; the Chaplain’s Log; experiences at Midway; and a statement concerning the third U.S. Vincennes, launched in 1944. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004496231
The purpose of this book is to provide an outlet for original research articles examining the role and value of religious and spiritual constructs across the social sciences. The aim of the series is to include an international and interfaith voice to this research dialogue. An effort is made to be interdisciplinary and academically eclectic. The articles in each volume represent a wide array of perspectives and research projects. Most of the articles report the findings of quantitative or qualitative investigations, but some deal with methodology, theory, or applications of social science studies in the field of religion, and some are applied, demonstrating the relevance of the social sciences to religious organizations and their clergy. The value of the volume is that it gives to researchers in this area a broad perspective on the issues and methods of religious research across a spectrum of academic disciplines. The aim of the book is to stimulate a creative, integrative dialogue that will enhance interdisciplinary research.
Author : Joanne Marie Greer,David O. Moberg,Monty L. Lynn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1559388935
Various articles are presented covering psychological, sociological and cross-cultural topics or relevance to religious/spiritual researchers and academics.
Author : Joakim Nergelius
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047409786
This book provides new insights based on perspectives from Member States such as Germany and Italy as well as the Nordic Countries. It also deals with European legal and philosophical heritage in general, as well as special issues like closer cooperation among ‘Core States’ and the role of the Court of Justice in recent EC law development.
Author : Bruce Ackerman
Publisher : Harvard + ORM
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674261365
“Audacious . . . offers a fierce critique of democracy’s most dangerous adversary: the abuse of democratic power by democratically elected chief executives.” (Benjamin R. Barber, New York Times bestselling author of Jihad vs. McWorld ) Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another?from the rise of presidential primaries, to the role of pollsters and media gurus, to the centralization of power in White House czars, to the politicization of the military, to the manipulation of constitutional doctrine to justify presidential power-grabs. He shows how these different transformations can interact to generate profound constitutional crises in the twenty-first century?and then proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward. “The questions [Ackerman] raises regarding the threat of the American Executive to the republic are daunting. This fascinating book does an admirable job of laying them out.” —The Rumpus “Ackerman worries that the office of the presidency will continue to grow in political influence in the coming years, opening possibilities for abuse of power if not outright despotism.” —Boston Globe “A serious attention-getter.” —Joyce Appleby, author of The Relentless Revolution “Those who care about the future of our nation should pay careful heed to Ackerman’s warning, as well as to his prescriptions for avoiding a constitutional disaster.” —Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times
Author : Neil Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520230279
Roosevelt's, Bowman was present at the creation of U.S. liberal foreign policy.".
Author : Sigurdur A. Magnusson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773593305
Author : Mortimer Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1492 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270725
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : M. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1517 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270695
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
