About the hearth :: perspectives on the home, hearth, and household in the circumpolar north /

Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of...

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Weitere Verfasser: Anderson, David G. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Berghahn Books, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archae.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 324 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857459817
0857459813
129986306X
9781299863064
1782387870
9781782387879

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