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The Nordic countries share a special cultural and political experience. This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective, covering the following areas: women's political strategies from different historical, national and text-orientated perspectives; questions of identity, rationality and subjectivity; and the organized production of social and cultural values. It attempts to understand and present internationally some of the complex changes in culture and society that concern women and feminists in the Nordic countries today. ... Read more

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Title: Can Christiania survive? A countercultural enclave in Denmark fights for its life.(Culture and Reviews)
Author: Charles Hayes
Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2009
Publisher: Reason Foundation
Volume: 40Issue: 10Page: 46(9)

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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), the premier patron-practitioner of science insixteenth-century Europe, established a new role of scientist as administrator, active reformer, and natural philosopher. This book explores his wide range of activities, which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Christianson broadens this singular perspective by portraying him as Platonic philosopher, Paracelsian chemist, Ovidian poet, and devoted family man. From his private island in Denmark, Tycho Brahe used patronage, printing, friendship, and marriage to incorporate men and women skilled in science, technology, and the fine arts into his program of cosmic reform. This pioneering study includes capsule biographies of two dozen individuals, including Johannes Kepler, Willebrord Snel, Willem Blaeu, several artists, two bishops, a rabbi, and various technical specialists, all of whom helped shape the culture of the Scientific Revolution. Under Tycho's leadership, their teamwork achieved breakthroughs in astronomy, scientific method, and research organization that were essential to the birth of modern science.John Robert Christianson is research professor of history at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he taught history for thirty years. In 1985, Christianson was awarded the Bronze Medal of the League of Finnish-American Societies and received the Alf Mjoen Prize in 1989. In 1995, he was dubbed Knight of the Royal Norweigian Order of Merit by King Harald II. Christianson is a former fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and has held grants from the American Philosophical Society and the National Endowment of the Humanities, among others. He has traveled throughout Scandanavia and has written, edited, or translated several books about Scandanavia and Scandanavian-American topics, as well as articles in Scientific American, Isis, and other journals. ... Read more

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An excellent resource
This book is a great resource for those who seek to understand the social background of Denmark on the sixteeenth century. It's not exactly a biography of Tycho, those interested in the astronomer life highlights perhaps would be dissapointed, but if you try to understand the origin and facts of Uraniborg, this book is for you.

In my opinion this is an excellent companion to The Lord of Uraniborg by Victor E. Thoren (Author) and John Robert Christianson (Contributor), also author himself of On Tycho's Island.

To Informative
I had to read this book for an assignment and I found that the book was a little to into detail. The last half of the book is a glossary of people that Tycho was aquainted with. The writing is good, but this book is only for people writing their dissertation on Tycho's life. ... Read more

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This book presents a comprehensive and dynamicunderstanding of cultural tourism. It examines cultural mediators andhow they help tourists appreciate foreign cultures. It also shows howtourism experiences are strategically crafted by mediators. Themediation process is complex, and the various products are mediateddifferently. A number of different products are investigated,including destination brand identities, "living" cultures and everydaylife, art and history.

The author illustrates his arguments by comparing the tourism strategies of Copenhagen and Singapore, and demonstrates how tourism is an agent for social change. The author also offers an original and refreshing way of understanding tourist behaviour through the concept of the "versatile tourist". The book's empirical cases and dialogic framework provide new and deep insights into tourism activities.

In his conclusions the author reminds us that we are constantly bombarded by brands, media reviews and advertisements, and the issues raised here inspire us to reflect beyond tourism and into other forms of mediated consumption. ... Read more

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Tourism mediation
Tourists want to enjoy themselves, they have little local knowledge and their visits are relatively short, these are the starting premises of this book. Consequently, the author argues, tourists need and want help when they visit new places, so as to enhance their experiences. Thinking about myself as a tourist, I do need help from "cultural mediators" (the term used in the book), otherwise I might as well feel as lost as I am on Mars, rather than in some exotic and friendly country. Tourism experiences are being influenced by cultural mediators; even backpackers rely on their Lonely Planets!

Another idea that runs through this book is that tourists do not consume culture, they consume only senses of culture. So, for example, tourists who want and are experiencing authenticity are really only having a sense of authenticity. Mediators help them achieve this sense. This is a radical but refreshing argument! The author presents the discussions compellingly, as he/she provides many examples (brand identities, everyday life, history and art) from Denmark and Singapore.

After reading and thinking about the ideas offered in the book, I am convinced that mediation is in the centre of tourism experiences. It is time that people move away from the "tourist gaze". This book offers a persuasive alternative. ... Read more

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Family Law and Political Culture researches the influence of political and institutional factors on the evolution and structure of laws relating to the family, providing a rarely explored perspective on comparative family law. ... Read more

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The contributors to this volume come from five European countries: Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. They combine national overviews of the positions of Muslim youths with detailed and local case studies. The chapters draw upon a range of anthropological and sociological theory, but are united in their rejection of essential ideas and approaches. Many draw upon ethnographic research with young Muslims and the institutions within they are often found, including government, political and religious associations, hostels and schools, as well as community and family. The contributions point to some of the wide variety of responses to the European contexts within which they have grown up as Muslims - such responses may be grounded in anti-racism and overtly political responses, may involve a rejection or a reinterpretation of the views and practices of their parents, may represent the maintenance of a largely symbolic allegiance to the wider Islamic world, or may demonstrate forms of increased piety and religious observance.In any case, the material in this volume seeks to demonstrate how Muslim European youth are not embodying some sort of "clash of civilizations", but rather how they are often constructing and living creatively hybrid and complex identities and establishing new models of religious and cultural expression. ... Read more

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Exceptional value
My family has collected Georg Jensen flatware and jewelry for many years and we have been to many shows. There are so many pieces in this book that we have never seen the likes of before - the inventory of images in this book is staggeringly complete and we were so impressed with the quality of the book that we not only gave it as a gift, but purchased a second copy for our own library. Compared to other books of this level (e.g. those by Janet Drucker) the price of this book makes it a must have for anyone interested in Art Nouveau silver, the metal arts, or the Jensen collector. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms in Denmark face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms to Denmark? How important is Denmark compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms vary from one country of origin to another in Denmark? On the supply side, Denmark also exports prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms. Which countries receive the most exports from Denmark? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms in Denmark. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms for those countries serving Denmark via exports, or supplying from Denmark via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Denmark fits into the world market for imported and exported prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Denmark in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Denmark is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Denmark compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms in Denmark face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms to Denmark? How important is Denmark compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms vary from one country of origin to another in Denmark? On the supply side, Denmark also exports prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms. Which countries receive the most exports from Denmark? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms in Denmark. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms for those countries serving Denmark via exports, or supplying from Denmark via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Denmark fits into the world market for imported and exported prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Denmark in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the ... Read more

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For over a decade, sociologically oriented childhood research and research on child culture have experienced a dramatic growth within the humanities and the social sciences as well as an increasing prominence at the institutional level. This book is the meeting place of two closely related fields of research: children's culture and the history of childhood on the one hand, and the sociology and anthropology of childhood on the other. The two 'camps' share a joint methodological view of children as agents in their own lives, environments and even in society at large, yet it is also agreed that their lives and welfare are largely formed by adults and the society in which they live.Both research areas have been vital for the development of new strands of childhood research which are in many ways characterised by a departure from more conventional approaches, concepts and understandings that have dominated childhood research - and childhood itself - in much of the 20th century. The articles in the book represent numerous aspects of the two areas of research.In a critical vein, the sociologically and anthropologically oriented contributions cover studies of structural aspects of childhood as well as qualitative studies of children's everyday life, while the culturally oriented contributions comprise classical studies of children's culture products, history, media, play culture and symbolic forms of expression.The articles present general differences and divergences in methods and perspectives, but also show what the two types of approach have in common. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts in Denmark face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts to Denmark? How important is Denmark compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts vary from one country of origin to another in Denmark? On the supply side, Denmark also exports human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts. Which countries receive the most exports from Denmark? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts in Denmark. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for human blood, prepared animal blood, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms, and similar products excluding yeasts for those countries serving Denmark via exports, or supplying from Denmark via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Denmark fits into the world market for ... Read more