Snowmobile Revolution: Technology and Change in the Arctic

Snowmobile Revolution: Technology and Change in the Arctic by pelto, pertti. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780846537557.

"I decided to write this book because I became convinced that a single technological device-the snowmobile-was bringing about a social and economic transformation of major proportions among the reindeer-herding people of Lapland." Contents: Northeastern Finnish Lapland: the Skolt Lapps and their environment -- Reindeer herding before the snowmobile -- The challenge of mobility -- The spread of snowmobiles in Northeastern Lapland -- The care and maintenance of snowmobiles -- The mechanization of reindeer herding: disaster for the Skolt Lapps -- Economic and political consequences of mechanized herding -- The social impact of the snowmobile: differentiation and stratification -- Technology and social change: summary and conclusions.