The emigrant experience : songs of Highland emigrants in North America /

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Every man has a story to tell and this was no less true of the hundreds of emigrants from the Highlands and the Hebrides who crossed the Atlantic from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century to settle in North America. This selection of Scottish Gaelic songs brings to light the re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacDonell, Margaret, 1920-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1982.
Series:Heritage
Subjects:
Songs, Scottish Gaelic > North America > Texts.
Scottish Gaelic poetry > North America > Translations into English.
Scots > North America > Music.
Chansons écossaises (gaéliques) > Amérique du Nord > Textes.
Écossais > Amérique du Nord > Musique.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Emigration and immigration
Scots
Scottish Gaelic poetry
Songs, Scottish Gaelic
Scotland > Emigration and immigration > History > Sources.
Écosse > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > Sources.
North America
Scotland
History
Music
Sources
Texts
Translations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Carolinas
  • 2. Nova Scotia
  • 3. Prince Edward Island
  • 4. Ontario
  • 5. Manitoba and the Northwest Territories
  • 6. The Tradition Adapted
  • Airs
  • Abbreviations and Select Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index of Proper Names
  • Index of Place Names
  • Glossarial Index.

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