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1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape; Maps; Introduction: Fishing Expeditions; 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History; 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge; 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores; 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea?; 5 The Sea's Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply; 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society; 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival; Appendix A: Historical Seawomen; Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007-11 |
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Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998-2011Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Illustrations |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women fishers -- Iceland.
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Women fishers. |
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Iceland. |
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Women fish trade workers -- Iceland.
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Women fish trade workers. |
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Women in fisheries -- Iceland.
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Women in fisheries. |
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Women -- Iceland -- Social conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. |
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Women. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. |
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Social conditions. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Scandinavia. |
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Women -- Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Seawomen of Iceland Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016] 9780295995502 (hardcover : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015046198 |
| ISBN |
9780295806471 ebook |
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0295806478 |
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9780295995502 hardcover : alkaline paper |
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0295995505 |
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