Table of Contents for The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario: Pillars, Class, and Dutch Ethnicity by Frans J. Schryer List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Preface Introduction Part One: Shifting Ethnicity Dutch Ethnicity: Genesis and Transfor mation Dutch Society and the Pillar System Postwar Migration: FromHolland to Canada Part Two: Transported Pillars (with Fieldnote Interludes) Adapting to Ontario The Spatial Distribution of Dutch-Canadians Dutch-Canadian Pluralism The Fate of the Catholic Pillar The Refor med Pillars Regional and Inter-National Networks Language Retention Negotiating Class Standing Gender and Dutch-Canadian Ethnicity Dutch Business The Dutch Credit Union Movement Dutch-Canadian Social and Cultural Associations The Elderly Part Three: From Immigrants to Dutch-Canadians Dutch-Canadian Dispositions: Identity and Culture The Invisible Minority in the Ver tical Mosaic A Reinterpretation of Immigration and Ethnicity Conclusion Glossary of Dutch Words and Acronyms (English) Notes Bibliography Index
Frans J. Schryer is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. He spent his childhood in the Netherlands.
``The Netherlandic Presence is a landmark in Canadian ethnic
studies as well as an invaluable contribution to understanding
Dutch Canadians.'' -- Terry A. Crowley, Canadian Book Review
Annual
``The resulting mosaic of various communities provides a very
insightful picture of immigrant life from arrival through third-and
fourth-general experiences....I found Schryer's description and
analysis helpful.'' -- Harry Boonstra, Calvin Theological
Journal
``His book cannot help but become required reading for anybody
wanting to understand the Ontario Dutch Canadians, their
characteristics, their attitudes towards each other and towards the
society they live in.'' -- Gerry Graaskamp, De Nederlandse
COURANT
``The work is without question a valuable academic study and review
and will serve as a detailed source of reference material.'' --
Martin Mol, De Nederlandse COURANT
``Frans Schryer's study has brought about a significant change,
providing important new insights into the highly complex and often
little understood dynamics underlying the patterns of cultural
adaptation and preservation among Dutch Canadians as well as adding
to our understanding of the formation and continuation of cultural
minority groups in general....Schryer offers an extensive and
insightful examination of the Netherlandic presence in Ontario that
is both challenging and informative.'' -- Daisy Neijmann,
University of Manitoba, Canadian Ethnic Studies
``...a thoroughly researched account of the Dutch presence in
Ontario and a critique of myths prevalent in the field of ethnic
studies. Historians, other social scientists, and Canadians
generally can all learn from it.... [I]t must be emphasized that
the book makes a major contribution to our knowledge of the
processes of immigration and adaption, of what happened to the many
thousands of Netherlanders who came to Ontario after the Second
World War, and of how they were changed by and helped to change
their new homeland.'' -- Michiel Horn, York University, The
Canadian Historical Review
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