The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario Pillars, Class and Dutch Ethnicity |
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| Author:
| Schryer, Frans J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88920-262-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1998 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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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 ......
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 ......