The charity complex: an ethnography of a material aid agency in Reykjavík, Iceland

This dissertation examines the provision of charitable assistance in Reykjavík, Iceland. The project focuses in detail on the activities of one agency in particular, Mædrastyrksnefnd (Mothers' Support Committee). Mædrastyrksnefnd formed in 1928 as a response by concerned philanthropists to the...

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Main Author: Rice, James G.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2007
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Online Access:https://research.library.mun.ca/11336/
https://research.library.mun.ca/11336/1/Rice_JamesG.pdf