Ebook: Iceland: The First New Society

?Iceland, as described by Tomasson, has a fascinating, often contradictory culture,? writes Seymour Martin Lipset in his forward to this book, the first sociological account in English of modern Icelandic society and the forces that have shaped it. Richar.;Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 The First New Society; Chapter 2 Modern Iceland and Its Making; Chapter 3 The Demography of an Isolated People; Chapter 4 Men, Women, and Kinship; Chapter 5 Literacy and Cultural Life; Chapter 6 The Language; Chapter 7 Religion, Literature, and Alcohol; Chapter 8 Values; Notes; Appendix A: The Interview Schedule; Appendix B: The Interview Sample; Bibliography; Index.