Author: Andrew Jennings
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443892688
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and, to some extent, the Hebrides, share both a Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage, and the experience of being surrounded by the ever-present North Atlantic Ocean. This has been a constant in the islanders’ history, forging their unique way of life, influencing their customs and traditions, and has been instrumental in moulding their identities. This volume is an exploration of a rich, intimate and, at times, terrifying relationship. It is the result of an international conference held in April 2014, when scholars from across the North Atlantic rim congregated in Lerwick, Shetland, to discuss maritime traditions, islands in Old Norse literature, insular archaeology, folklore, and traditional belief. The chapters reflect the varied origins of the contributors. Icelanders are well represented, as are scholars based in Orkney and Shetland, indicating the strength of scholarship in these seemingly isolated archipelagos. Peripheral they may be to the UK, but they lie at the heart of the North Atlantic, at the intersection of British and Nordic cultures. This book will be of interest to scholars of a wide range of disciplines, such as those involved in island studies, cultural studies, Old Norse literature, Icelandic studies, maritime heritage, oceanography, linguistics, folklore, British studies, ethnology, and archaeology. Similarly, it will also appeal to researchers from a wide geographical area, particularly the UK, and Scandinavia, and indeed anywhere where there is an interest in the study of islands or the North Atlantic.
Northern Atlantic Islands and the Sea
Author: Andrew Jennings
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443892688
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and, to some extent, the Hebrides, share both a Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage, and the experience of being surrounded by the ever-present North Atlantic Ocean. This has been a constant in the islanders’ history, forging their unique way of life, influencing their customs and traditions, and has been instrumental in moulding their identities. This volume is an exploration of a rich, intimate and, at times, terrifying relationship. It is the result of an international conference held in April 2014, when scholars from across the North Atlantic rim congregated in Lerwick, Shetland, to discuss maritime traditions, islands in Old Norse literature, insular archaeology, folklore, and traditional belief. The chapters reflect the varied origins of the contributors. Icelanders are well represented, as are scholars based in Orkney and Shetland, indicating the strength of scholarship in these seemingly isolated archipelagos. Peripheral they may be to the UK, but they lie at the heart of the North Atlantic, at the intersection of British and Nordic cultures. This book will be of interest to scholars of a wide range of disciplines, such as those involved in island studies, cultural studies, Old Norse literature, Icelandic studies, maritime heritage, oceanography, linguistics, folklore, British studies, ethnology, and archaeology. Similarly, it will also appeal to researchers from a wide geographical area, particularly the UK, and Scandinavia, and indeed anywhere where there is an interest in the study of islands or the North Atlantic.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443892688
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and, to some extent, the Hebrides, share both a Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage, and the experience of being surrounded by the ever-present North Atlantic Ocean. This has been a constant in the islanders’ history, forging their unique way of life, influencing their customs and traditions, and has been instrumental in moulding their identities. This volume is an exploration of a rich, intimate and, at times, terrifying relationship. It is the result of an international conference held in April 2014, when scholars from across the North Atlantic rim congregated in Lerwick, Shetland, to discuss maritime traditions, islands in Old Norse literature, insular archaeology, folklore, and traditional belief. The chapters reflect the varied origins of the contributors. Icelanders are well represented, as are scholars based in Orkney and Shetland, indicating the strength of scholarship in these seemingly isolated archipelagos. Peripheral they may be to the UK, but they lie at the heart of the North Atlantic, at the intersection of British and Nordic cultures. This book will be of interest to scholars of a wide range of disciplines, such as those involved in island studies, cultural studies, Old Norse literature, Icelandic studies, maritime heritage, oceanography, linguistics, folklore, British studies, ethnology, and archaeology. Similarly, it will also appeal to researchers from a wide geographical area, particularly the UK, and Scandinavia, and indeed anywhere where there is an interest in the study of islands or the North Atlantic.
The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: The north-east Atlantic, islands of the north Atlantic, Scandinavia, European islands of the Arctic ocean, Russia in Europe
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Between Land and Sea
Author: Christopher L. Pastore
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674281411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674281411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.
The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: The north-east Atlantic, islands of the north Atlantic, Scandinavia, European islands of the Arctic ocean, Russia in Europe
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, of the Northern Atlantic Ocean and Comprising Instructions, General and Particular, for the Navigation of that Sea
Author: John Purdy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Atlantic Ocean
Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1484607708
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
What do people drill into the ocean floor for? What's special about the Sargasso Sea? Why do people like to visit the Caribbean Islands?
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1484607708
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
What do people drill into the ocean floor for? What's special about the Sargasso Sea? Why do people like to visit the Caribbean Islands?
Atlantic Ocean
Author: John F. Prevost
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN: 1617850020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Surveys the origin, geological borders, climate, water, plant and animal life, and economic and ecological aspects of the Atlantic Ocean.
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN: 1617850020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Surveys the origin, geological borders, climate, water, plant and animal life, and economic and ecological aspects of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Universal Geography: The northeast Atlantic. Islands of the North Atlantic, Scandinavia, European islands of the Arctic ocean, Russia in Europe
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The Atlantic Coast
Author: Harry Thurston
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1553654463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Presents a look at the northern Atlantic Coast of North America, describing its ecosystems; forest realms; geological structures; the fish, bird, and plant life that flourish there; and the conservation efforts that have been made to preserve it.
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1553654463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Presents a look at the northern Atlantic Coast of North America, describing its ecosystems; forest realms; geological structures; the fish, bird, and plant life that flourish there; and the conservation efforts that have been made to preserve it.
A Directory for the North Atlantic Ocean, Comprising Instructions, General and Particular, for Its Navigation
Author: Alexander George Findlay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description