Social Science Minority Studies
Language and Poverty
The Persistence of Scottish Gaelic in Eastern Canada
- Publisher
- Memorial University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1988
- Category
- Minority Studies, Sociolinguistics, Literacy
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919666627
- Publish Date
- Apr 1988
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
Gilbert Foster looks at the cultural survival of minority populations and stresses the importance of maintaining a tradition of literacy. Focussing on the influence of Scottish Gaelic in Eastern Canada.
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Editorial Reviews
“Language and Poverty traces an interesting history of the Gaelic languages, and will be of interest to a general audience concerned with the struggles of minorities to retain their identity and language.”
Jo-Anne Fiske, Canadian Ethnic Studies
"...real scholarship displayed...The ability to combine understanding of Irish and Scots seventeenth century history with North American contemporary experience is not common...Its relevance to Atlantic Canada is obvious."
Dan McInnes, St. Francis Xavier University