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Jorgen Ole Baerenholdt - Coping with Distances - 9781845452902 - V9781845452902
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Coping with Distances

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Description for Coping with Distances Hardback. The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in the Nordic regions. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFF; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .

The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in Northern Norway, Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland. Living conditions in the Nordic Atlantic are so extreme that one might ask whether the notion of society is applicable under these circumstances. The author argues that, yes, there is a meaningful way of comprehending these social formations, which is through the spatial and temporal practices ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845452902
SKU
V9781845452902
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About Jorgen Ole Baerenholdt
Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt is Head of the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change at Roskilde University. He was Visiting professor at the University of Tromsø and coordinator of the Nordic Research School on Local Dynamics (NOLD) and of UNESCO¹s Circumpolar Coping Processes Project. His publications include Coping Strategies in the North (1998), The Reflexive North (2001), Transforming the Local ... Read more

Reviews for Coping with Distances
“Baerenholdt’s compelling work addresses themes and ideas that extend well beyond the North Atlantic…His well-researched, intriguing study delves into theories of social formation as well as the histories and intricacies of historical and modern Nordic societies…[and] presents the complexity of social formation in the Nordic Atlantic in an in-depth and approachable format.”  ·  Choice “In many ways, Bærenholdt’s work ... Read more

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