The Netherlandic presence in Ontario : pillars, class and Dutch ethnicity / Frans J. Schryer.

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Schryer, Frans J

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TextPublication details: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 458 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585281440
9780585281445
0889202621
9780889202627
0889206171
9780889206175
9780889203129
0889203121

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Netherlandic presence in Ontario.DDC classification:

305.83/9310713 21

LOC classification:

F1059.7.D8 .S35 1998eb

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Summary: Annotation Schryer's central argument is that ethnic groups are as much modern "myths" as they are integral components of a socially constructed reality. Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of their homeland. While illustrating and illuminating the diversity among immigrants sharing a common national origin, Schryer keeps sight of what is common among them. In doing so, he shows how deeply ingrained habits were modified in a Canadian context, resulting in both continuities and discontinuities. The result is a variegated image reflecting a multidimensional reality.

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Annotation Schryer's central argument is that ethnic groups are as much modern "myths" as they are integral components of a socially constructed reality. Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of their homeland. While illustrating and illuminating the diversity among immigrants sharing a common national origin, Schryer keeps sight of what is common among them. In doing so, he shows how deeply ingrained habits were modified in a Canadian context, resulting in both continuities and discontinuities. The result is a variegated image reflecting a multidimensional reality.

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