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Premodern and modern constructions of population regimesessay 1996 • Vasey, Daniel E.
Icelanders • Europe > Scandinavia
This essay examines the popular image of Iceland's population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment. The author probes the demographic substance behind this 'myth', with particular emphasis on the idea that Iceland's premodern (i.e., a...