Book
Cultural continuity and population change on the Isle of Skye
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Ducey, Paul Richard.
Abstract
This dissertation examines '…the effects of population change on the culture of the essentially peasant society of the Isle of Skye' (p. i-A). Ducey's thesis is that despite severe depopulation, there is cultural continuity. While the clan system once provided the focus of the culture, this function has been adopted by congregational Presbyterianism. The new religion rejected much of the old culture, especially what was considered pagan or Catholic, but it adapted other parts and essentially provided a new validation for the old set of social statuses. Julian Steward's theory of levels of sociocultural integration is used to explain Skye's relations with the rest of the world, Scotland in particular. Ducey compares Skye with other rural societies including Ireland, Wales, and the Old Order of Amish of Pennsylvania.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- British Isles
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Martin Malone
- Field Date
- June 1953-March 1954
- Coverage Date
- 1745-1953
- Coverage Place
- Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Notes
- [by] Paul Richard Ducey
- Cultural Participation (184) has been used for discussions of Skye's isolation from the rest of Scotland and England
- UM 00-17,051
- Includes bibliography
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1956
- LCSH
- Highlands (Scotland)