The Acadians of Portsmouth : a study in culture change / / Marc-Adélard Tremblay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132074503321
• Autore: Tremblay Marc-Adélard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-55441-778-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Classiques des sciences sociales
• Disciplina: 303.482
• Soggetti: Acculturation; Acadians; Acadians - Nova Scotia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: PART I - THE BACKGROUND -- Chapter I. Introduction -- 1. Definition of the problem -- 2. The main findings -- 3. Portsmouth and the county -- 4. Acculturation and social disorganization -- Chapter II. Patterns of Acadian Sentiments -- Chapter III. The Changing Acadian Society -- 1. The passing of the shipbuilding industry -- 2. Shift from subsistence to cash economy -- 3. Migration to industrial centers -- 4. Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne -- 5. The influences of St. Ann's college -- 6. The development of educational facilities -- 7. The birth of a class system -- 8. Emerging leadership patterns -- Chapter IV. L'Anse des Lavallée: An Acadian Community in Saint-Malo Municipality -- PART II: THE MIXED COMMUNITY OF PORTSMOUTH -- Chapter V. Geography -- 1. Definition of the boundaries -- 2. Distribution of industries -- Chapter VI. Class and Social Structure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Anglo-Protestant class system -- 3. The catholic Acadian class system -- 4. The lower classes -- Chapter VII. Leadership Patterns -- 1. Changes in patterns of leadership -- 2. Acadian leadership and Acadian factionalism -- Chapter VIII. Associational Life -- 1. Attitude towards formal organization -- 2. Professional-business-occupational organizations -- 3. Social and recreational organizations -- 4. Political organizations -- Chapter IX. Industrial Enterprises -- 1. Primary enterprises -- 2. Secondary and tertiary Industries -- 3. Some attitudes connected with the various forms of economic enterprises -- Chapter ; X. Law and Social Control -- Chapter XI. The Leisure Patterns -- 1. Patterns of constructive leisure and recreation -- 2. Leisure activities that are socially disruptive -- Chapter XII. The Anglo-Protestant culture and the Protestant Churches -- 1. Heterogeneous ethnic background -- 2. Linguistic homogeneity -- 3. Religious heterogeneity -- 4. Nature of the sanction for inter-denominational marriages among the Protestants -- 5. Separation of the Sacred and the Secular -- 6. Concept of self dependent on economic success -- 7. Women's role in Anglo-Protestant culture -- Part III: ACCULTURATION POSITION OF PORTSMOUTH ACADIANS -- Chapter XIII. A Framework for the Study of Acculturation -- Chapter XIV. The Index of Acculturation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The building of the index -- Chapter XV. Acculturation Position: its Relations to some Variables -- Part IV: PROCESSES OF ACCULTURATION OF THE PORTSMOUTH ACADIANS -- Chapter XVI. The General Processes of Acculturation -- 1. Major changes in traditional patterns of Acadian sentiments -- 2. Socio-cultural factors promoting acculturation -- 3. Socio-cultural factors limiting acculturation -- Chapter XVII. The Secularization Processes of Portsmouth Acadians -- 1. The structure of the Catholic Church -- 2. Conditions of secularization -- 3. Expressions of secularization -- Chapter XVIII. The Process of Intermarriage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of terms -- 3. Definition of concepts -- 4. The process of intermarriage -- Chapter XIX. The Mixed School -- 1. The Portsmouth school system -- 2. The function of the Portsmouth school -- 3. Events which promote inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts -- 4. Acculturation of schoolchildren and future outlook -- PART V: SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: Methodology -- APPENDIX B: References and Bibliography.