{"product_id":"observing-the-outports-describing-newfoundland-culture-1950-1980-paperback-softback-9781442628946","title":"Observing the Outports; Describing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628946","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eObserving the Outports\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDescribing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Webb (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628946\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;\u003ci\u003eObserving the Outports\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most fascinating regional histories I have read in a long time… The book will be read by anyone interested in the study of regional culture and those interested in how interdisciplinarity can be developed within insular confines of the academy.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Richard MacKinnon (Canadian Historical Review vol 98:02:2017)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe years after Newfoundland’s confederation with Canada were ones of rapid social and economic change, as provincial resettlement and industrialization initiatives attempted to transform the lives of rural Newfoundlanders. At Memorial University in St. John’s, a new generation of faculty saw the province’s transformation as a critical moment. Some hoped to solve the challenges of modernization through their rural research. Others hoped to document the island’s “traditional” culture before it disappeared. Between them they created the field of “Newfoundland studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eObserving the Outports\u003c\/em\u003e, Jeff A. Webb illustrates how interdisciplinary collaborations among scholars of lexicography, history, folklore, anthropology, sociology, and geography laid the foundation of our understanding of Newfoundland society in an era of modernization. His extensive archival research and oral history interviews illuminate how scholars at Memorial University created an intellectual movement that paralleled the province’s cultural revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Viewing the Universe Through Newfoundland Eyes: \u003cem\u003eThe Dictionary of Newfoundland English\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Writing History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Herbert Halpert and \u003cem\u003eChristmas Mumming in Newfoundland\u003c\/em\u003e: Collecting Folklore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Cat Harbour: Anthropologists in Outports\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: \u003cem\u003ePeopling of Newfoundland\u003c\/em\u003e: Mapping Cultural Transfer and Settlement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: \u003cem\u003eCommunities in Decline\u003c\/em\u003e: The Study of Resettlement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588162711832,"sku":"9781442628946","price":28.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/observing-the-outports-describing-newfoundland-culture-1950-1980-paperback-softback-9781442628946","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}