Wonderful book on Norwegian weddings, includes all traditional and modern aspects of a Norwegian wedding. The most beautiful parts of this book are the photos of the married couples in their wedding costumes. A volume in the fascinating art-ethnography series ‘Living Norwegian Traditions’. The clothes and artifacts belonging to this tradition are extraordinary even compared to other Scandinavian countries.

Language: Norwegian
Pages: 168
Illustrations: 40 Color Illustrations. 39 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 8”
Binding: Hardbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 2
ISBN: 8251204542
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Code: 2817
Condition: jackets not pristine
Status: Backlist

Price: $85.00

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This book attempts to describe and understand how human activities have changed the landscape in the montane forest (in the Chilchos valley in the northeastern slopes of the Andes in Peru) in the last 500 years. The Chilchos valley was inhabited with the Chachapoya and Inca cultures in pre-hispanic times. After a drastic decline in population in the colonial period, the valley was forgotten. Within the state of rediscovering the valley in the 1900s, new socio-cultural processes of adaptation to the environment began with migrations from the Sierra. Includes comprehensive Appendix 1:Dictionary of Useful Plants; Appendix 2: Frequency of infection with intestinal protozoa and helminths in the population of Vale de los Chilchos, Amazonas, Peru.

Language: Spanish / Englsih
Pages: 424
Illustrations: 82 Color Illustrations. 34 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7”x9 1/2”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 1.50
ISBN: 8776020517
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Code: 6126
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $34.50

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At the turn of the last century Swedish social pioneer Ellen Key described her vision of how radical changes in ideas about children and childhood would eventually lead to far-reaching changes in society as a whole. How far along that path has Sweden progressed in the hundred years since Ellen Key’s day? What are the country’s ambitions for its young people and are they being fulfilled? In this book, journalist Meri examines the place of children in contemporary Swedish society. We meet Sara, Felipe and Oda, and through their stories get a glimpse of what it’s like to be growing up in Sweden - right here and now.

Language: English
Pages: 82
Illustrations: 33 Color Illustrations.
Size: 9 1/2”x 7 1/2”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 0
ISBN: 9152007502
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Code: 5883
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $42.50

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Sweden regularly comes first on international ranking lists that measure equal opportunities between men and women. For a long time, men and women have enjoyed equal representation in both the government and Parliament. Thanks to an extensive system of parental insurance and child care, women in Sweden do not need to choose between their families and careers - they can have both. Concurrently, most people in the country believe that a good deal still remains to be done in the equal opportunity sphere. Wage differences still exist, few women occupy upper managemnt positions in business and industry, and violence against women is an expression of the prevailing gender-based power structure in society. In this publication, the author has endeavored to present a vibrant, coherent picture of those areas that are most relevant to equal opportunity between women and men in Sweden today.

Language: English
Pages: 40
Illustrations: 18 Color Illustrations. 26 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 8”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 0.25
ISBN: 9152008398
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Code: 5879
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $16.50

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In addition to delicious, authentic recipes from Finland, this book also offers an outline of the major events in Finnish history; a brief discussion of the national epic, the Kalevala; and a look at Finnish museums and settlements in America, as well as a description of the major Finnish holiday traditions.

Language: English
Pages: 88
Illustrations: 25 Color Illustrations. 32 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x6”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: None
Edition: 2nd ed
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ISBN: 941016226
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Code: 1403
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Backlist

Price: $18.50

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In the early stages of Finno Ugrian linguistics and folklore collecting the researchers were struck by the colorful and often magnificient costumes of the Finno-Ugrian peoples. This book contains an adequate list of Finno-Ugrian collections in Russian museums. The museums are listed in alphabetical.

Language: English/ Finnish
Pages: 96
Illustrations: 46 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7”x 4 1/2”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 0.50
ISBN: 9516160395
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Code: 5349
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Backlist

Price: $17.50

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Greenland has always fascinated man. Whether it was the indigenous people living of the land or the weary traveller who had reached this desolate and vast island. Asger Jorn has selected more than 250 works of art to give a comprehensive and inspiring view into the art of Greenland through a thousand years. Rather than labelling the artifacts by time they are presented to give a complete and artistic understanding of the relationship between the catcher, the nature and the prey.

Language: Danish
Pages: 263
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 221 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8”
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 3.50
ISBN: 8721014833
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Miscellaneous: Bibl. Index. Bio.


Code: 5670
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $150.00

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Originally employed by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg pottery, Bernt Friberg is among the most collected of the modernist ceramic artists. Beautifully executed, simplistic mostly porcelain and stoneware functional pieces. Exquisite bottle forms with equally exquisite glazes. This catalogue includes the miniature collection. Includes all marks.

Language: Swedish
Pages: 25
Illustrations: 19 Color Illustrations. 7 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2” sq.
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Ceramics/Porcelain Monographs
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Weight: 0.25
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Code: 5977
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $29.50

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This is a comprehensive book detailing the examinations the grauballe man underwent upon his discovery. He was found in a bog near the village of Grauballe in Jutland, Denmark with his skin, nails, and beard well preserved. This book details each examination in an attempt to find out more about how people lived more then 2000 years ago and further preservation techniques. Extensive notes, photo and illustration credits and a list of authors and participants in the scientific investigations of Grauballe Man 2001-2002.

Language: English
Pages: 351
Illustrations: 192 Color Illustrations. 136 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11” x 8 1/2”
Binding: Hardbound
Subcategory: None
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Weight: 3.75
ISBN: 9.78879E+12
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Code: 6062
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Latest

Price: $75.00

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This handsome book presents the masks of west and east Greenland from the end of the last century to modern times. The masks have been selected for their artistic quality, their emotional impact, and the imagination with which they have been made. They illuminate the ancient cultic customs of a people who lived in a grand, but harsh environment.

Language: Danish/ English
Pages: 199
Illustrations: 48 Color Illustrations. 133 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 9”
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Subcategory: None
Edition:
Weight: 2
ISBN: 8772455446
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Code: 1622
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: Backlist

Price: $125.00

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