An ethnohistory of white settlement in the Hamilton Inlet area of central Labrador whose non-technical language recommends it to the general reader as well as to scholars interested in life in the North. ...

Beyond ecologic, economic and kinship relationships, this is a study of symbolic behaviour–notably verbal communication, attitudes towards 'strangers' and witchcraft practices. This book demonstrates ...

This is the first major attempt in modern anthropology at studying friendship on a cross-cultural basis. The collection brings together field studies from Ireland, Canada, Africa, and New Guinea (including ...

While contributors from Scotland and Norway address the question of "Oil – Threat or Salvation" from the standpoint of actual observation, other writers consider the prospects of fish and oil co-existence ...

An early examination of the potential impact of development of offshore oil and gas on Newfoundland. The focus is on experience elsewhere, particularly in Norway and the United Kingdom, with a global ...

A vulnerable community on the southwest coast of Ireland is caught up in the development plans of a rich and powerful multinational corporation. Here is a detailed case study which shows in a vivid and ...

A detailed enquiry into the decline of a once-great industry situated on one of the world's richest fishery banks. The impact of post-war international monetary and trade factors, the growing continental ...

This collection contains three theoretical essays and seven ethnographic case studies. The theoretical pieces address the 'state of the art' since the writings in the sixties on factionalism. The argument ...

A theoretical framework consisting of four related models concerned with manpower and educational development. Significant here is the linking of manpower needs with the educational structure. This study ...

Macedonians in Toronto, Norwegians in rural Wisconsin, Spanish immigrants in Mexico, Mexicans in California, the 'French' in Louisiana, the 'English' in Quebec and the Saami (Lapps) in Norway–these ...