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Ever since the dawn of human history, islands have been at the heart of our desires – and our fears. Drawing on anthropology, literature, biology, art, philosophy and earth science, Island tells the groundbreaking story of humans and islands throughout history, and celebrates islands as a central part of the world we live in. With a unique cross-disciplinary approach, encompassing everything from the wonder of an island's flora and fauna, to the geological roots of island formations, via references to popular culture, poetry and literature (including Prospero, Gulliver, Robinson Crusoe and the Count of Monte Cristo), Chamberlin tells the vivid and absorbing story of how islands have shaped human history, society and culture. Island celebrates islands for all their worth, whether real or invented, literal or fictitious, as a central part of the human narrative.

Islands have been at the heart of our desires, and our fears, forever. *Island* tells the groundbreaking story of humans and islands, and islands and nature, from the beginning of time to the present. Drawing on history, literature, art, anthropology, biology, and earth science, *Island* explores the human settlement of islands?including the seafaring skills required to cross the seas?and describes in vivid detail the spectacular flora and fauna of islands as well as their earth-shattering geology. It shows that ever since humans have been traveling and telling tales, they have been fascinated

Ausgehend von der historischen Entwicklung der isländischen Gewerkschaftsbewegung vor und nach der Unabhängigkeit von Dänemark, erst 1943 erlangte die Insel die völlige Souveränität, stellt der Verfasser des Handbuchartikels im folgenden die gewerkschaftliche Struktur und den Organisationsgrad dar. Ein weiterer Abschnitt ist den Arbeitsbeziehungen gewidmet; abschließend werden Ideologie und Aktivitäten des isländischen Gewerkschaftsbundes geschildert. Ergänzt wird die inhaltliche Darstellung durch Literaturhinweise und die Anschrift des Gewerkschaftsbundes. (KS)