Circumpolar Problems
Habitat, Economy, and Social Relations in the Arctic
Published on 22. October 2013
202 pages
978-1-4831-5627-9 (ISBN)
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Circumpolar Problems: Habitat, Economy, and Social Relations in the Arctic contains papers presented at the Symposium on Circumpolar Problems, organized by the Nordic Council for Anthropological Research and held on September 14-21, 1969 in Lulea, Sweden and Tromso, Norway. Organized into 22 chapters, this book begins with some comparisons between Greenlanders and Lapps regarding their relationship to the inclusive society. Subsequent chapters discuss the urbanization, industrialization, and changes in the family in Greenland during the reform period since 1950; ""conservation"" and ""destruction"" of traditional culture; and socio-economical transformation and modern ethnical development of the inhabitants of the Siberian polar zones of the north-eastern regions. Other chapters explain the migrations from nomad to urban districts in Northern Sweden; division of the Lapps into tradition areas; variations of settlement pattern and hunting conditions in three districts of Greenland; cultural concept in the Arctic Stone Age; and transition from hunting to nomadic economy in Finnmark.
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PrefaceGreenlanders and Lapps: Some Comparisons of Their Relationship to the Inclusive SocietyA Program for Archaeological and Ecological Research of Prehistoric and Historical Material from Northern Sweden I. Historical Background and Organization II. The Cultural Concept in the North Swedish Stone AgeUrbanization, Industrialization and Changes in the Family in Greenland during the Reform Period since 1950Sheep Rearing in South Greenland: An Analysis of the Present-Day Problems of Adaptation"Conservation" and "Destruction" of Traditional CultureEconomic Opportunity and Cultural Viability among the Canadian Cree: A Strategy for Developmental ChangeSocio-economical Transformation and Modern Ethnical Development of the Inhabitants of the Siberian Polar Zones of the North-Eastern Regions Integration of Canadian Eskimo, Indians, and Other Persons of Native Ancestry in Modern Economic and Public Life: Evidence from InuvikForms of Nenets Traditional CulturesThe Valuation of Welfare in Dispersed Settlements by the Central Organizations and by the RecipientsThe History of Ancient SaamsThe Migrations from Nomad to Urban Districts in Northern Sweden (Jukkasjärvi and Gällivare)The Current Nativistic Movement in AlaskaThe Tareormiut and the Nunamiut of Northern Alaska: A Comparison between Their Economy, Settlement Pattern, and Social StructureThe Snowmobile in Lapland-Its Economic and Social EffectsThe Division of the Lapps into Tradition AreasOn the Variations of Settlement Pattern and Hunting Conditions in Three Districts of GreenlandThe Cultural Concept in the Arctic Stone AgeHunting-Ground and Settlement on the Problem of TransportReindeer Lapps: Ecology and Political DevelopmentSome Trends of the Transition from Hunting to Nomadic Economy in Finnmark
