Peasants, entrepreneurs and companies: The evolution of icelandic fishingFootnote*

Paul Durrenberger is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. His work was supported by a summer fellowship from the University of Iowa and a grant from Sigma Xi. Gisli Pálsson is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Iceland. His research has been supported by the British Council, Vísindasjóður and Fiskimálasjóður. This is a collaborative paper. The order of the names signifies nothing. Statistics on the Icelandic fishing fleet were collected from Íslenskt Sjómannaalmanak for the odd‐numbered years from 1925 through 1975 and 1978. The statistics for herring fishing and boats were collected from Ægir's herring reports.

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