Faroe Islands
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The Faroe Islands
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Author : Jonathan Wylie
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-10-21
The Faroe Islands written by Jonathan Wylie and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with History categories.
Stranded in a stormy corner of the North Atlantic midway between Norway and Iceland, the Faroe Islands are part of "the unknown Western Europe"—a region of recent economic development and subnational peoples facing uncertain futures. This book tells the remarkable story of the Faroes' cultural survival since their Viking settlement in the early ninth century. At first an unruly little republic, the islands soon became tributary to Norway, dwindled into a Danish-Norwegian mercantilist fiefdom, and in 1816 were made a Danish province. Today, however, they are an internally self-governing Danish dependency, with a prosperous export fishery and a rich intellectual life carried out in the local language, Faroese. Jonathan Wylie, an anthropologist who has done extensive field work in the Faroes, creates here a vivid picture of everyday life and affairs of state over the centuries, using sources ranging from folkloric texts to parliamentary minutes and from census data to travelers' tales. He argues that the Faroes' long economic stagnation preserved an archaic way of life that was seriously threatened by their economic renaissance in the nineteenth century, especially as this was accompanied by a closer political incorporation into Denmark. The Faroese accommodated increasingly profound social change by selectively restating their literary and historical heritage. Their success depended on domesticating a Danish ideology glorifying "folkish" ways and so claiming a nationality separate from Denmark's. The book concludes by comparing the Faroes' nationality-without-nationhood to the contrasting situations of their closest neighbors, Iceland and Shetland. The Faroe Islands is an important contribution to Scandinavian as well as regional and ethnic studies and to the growing literature combining the insights and techniques of anthropology and history. Engagingly written and richly illustrated, it will also appeal to scholars in other fields and to anyone intrigued by the lands and peoples of the North.
Pilot Whaling In The Faroe Islands
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Author : Jóan Pauli Joensen
language : en
Publisher: Faroe University Press
Release Date : 2009
Pilot Whaling In The Faroe Islands written by Jóan Pauli Joensen and has been published by Faroe University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Globicephala melaena categories.
Faroe Islands Journal
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Author : Faroe Islands Journal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-20
Faroe Islands Journal written by Faroe Islands Journal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-20 with categories.
Faroe Islands Journal is the perfect companion for your unforgettable trip to this tiny outpost in the North Atlantic. Famed for its jaw-dropping scenery, this group of 18 major islands will give you a healthy dose of mindfulness and replenish your soul. From the capital Torshavn on the central island of Streymoy to Mykines on western Vagar and Runavik on the northern island of Eysturoy and Sandvik on southern Suduroy, write about your experience here. The Faroese are such welcoming people too. The book features a popular distressed cover design. Faroe Islands Journal consists of 100 pages of blank lined paper with dimensions of 6x9 inches.
Faroes Islands Business Law Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information And Basic Laws
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Author : IBP, Inc.
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-07-13
Faroes Islands Business Law Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information And Basic Laws written by IBP, Inc. and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Faroes Islands Business Law Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Basic Laws
The Land Of Maybe
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Author : Tim Ecott
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-03-12
The Land Of Maybe written by Tim Ecott and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-12 with Nature categories.
Following the natural cycle of the year, The Land of Maybe captures the essence of the 18 mysterious Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Here, a fast disappearing world is home to a close-knit society where just 50,000 people share Viking roots and a unique language. Buffeted by the elements in a volatile environment, the Faroese still hunt seabirds, herd pilot whales and eat mutton fermented in the salt winds that howl across dark fjords. A passionate naturalist, Ecott immerses himself in this starkly beautiful landscape, revealing a way of life that maintains a deep connection to the past. The Land of Maybe offers a refuge from the freneticism of the modern world, and confronts some of the biggest challenges we face in trying to live in peace with nature.
Tracings Of Iceland The Far E Islands
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Author : Robert Chambers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Tracings Of Iceland The Far E Islands written by Robert Chambers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Faroe Islands categories.
Among The Islanders Of The North
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Author : Firouz Gaini
language : en
Publisher: Faroe University Press
Release Date : 2011
Among The Islanders Of The North written by Firouz Gaini and has been published by Faroe University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Culture and globalization categories.
The Right To National Self Determination
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Author : Sjúrður Skaale
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Right To National Self Determination written by Sjúrður Skaale and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Law categories.
What are the Faroese and the Greenlanders? Are they peoples in their own right, indigenous peoples or Danish minorities? And what is their status under international law? Do they have the right to national self-determination? And if so, what does this right include? This volume describes the constitutional history of the Faroes and Greenland, it analyses the current international status of the two countries and compares it to countries in similar situations, and looks at how Denmark has administered the sovereignty of its dependencies. It thus sheds new light on a constitutional arrangement that by some is described as, democratic, creative and imaginative, and by others is deemed colonial. But the book also deals with the status of non-sovereign polities and the right to self-determination in general, as well as with the current attitude of the UN towards such matters. It thus offers insights which can be of value for other countries, struggling with the issue, as well as scholars working in this field.
From The Vikings To The Reformation
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Author : George Vaughan Chichester Young
language : en
Publisher: Nám
Release Date : 1979
From The Vikings To The Reformation written by George Vaughan Chichester Young and has been published by Nám this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
The Faroe Islands
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Author : Liv Kjørsvik Schei
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
Release Date : 2003
The Faroe Islands written by Liv Kjørsvik Schei and has been published by Birlinn Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Faroe Islands categories.
Rising steeply in austere beauty from the sea midway between Shetland and Iceland, the Faroe Islands appear as a dark, inhospitable mountain mass. Yet in actuality, the landscape of the islands is one of extreme contrasts, with the lush green of the cultivated land and mountain pastures set against the spectacular black, grey and brown of the peaks and crags. The Faroes boast a growing population (currently larger than Orkney and Shetland combined), a thriving economy and a fascinating history that stretches back to the Viking period. The Faroe Islands was first published by John Murray in 1991, and the book is illustrated with Gunnie Moberg's photographs which capture both the austere grandeur and intimate beauty of this extraordinary and alluring place. Dealing not only with the history of the islands, it also introduces the geology and natural history the culture, place-names language and folklore, in particular the Faereyinga Saga (Saga of the Faroe Islanders), the only written source about the islands which survives from the Viking Age, and the main industry of its inhabitants, fishing and farming.
