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Social Science Minority Studies

Language and Poverty

The Persistence of Scottish Gaelic in Eastern Canada

by (author) Gilbert Foster

Publisher
Memorial University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 1988
Category
Minority Studies, Sociolinguistics, Literacy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666627
    Publish Date
    Apr 1988
    List Price
    $23.95

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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