Observing the Outports : Describing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980 / Webb., 1950-1980 : 1950-1980 : Webb.,

The years after Newfoundland's confederation with Canada were ones of rapid social and economic change, as provincial resettlement and industrialization initiatives attempted to transform the lives of rural Newfoundlanders. At Memorial University in St. John's, a new generation of faculty...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Jeff
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Memorial University of Newfoundland > History.
Education.
Manners and customs > Study and teaching.
Historiography.
Civilization > Study and teaching.
HISTORY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Study and teaching > History.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs > Study and teaching > History.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Civilization > Study and teaching > History.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Historiography.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Viewing the Universe through Newfoundland Eyes: The Dictionary of Newfoundland English
  • Chapter Two. Writing History
  • Chapter Three. Herbert Halpert and Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland
  • Chapter Four. Cat Harbour: Anthropologists in Outports
  • Chapter Five. The Peopling of Newfoundland: Mapping Cultural Transfer and Settlement
  • Chapter Six. Communities in Decline: The Study of Resettlement
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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