Book
Cultural continuity and population change on the Isle of Skye
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Ducey, Paul Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Culture summary
- Demography
- History
- Sociocultural trends
- Kin groups
- Community structure
- Social control
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June 1953-March 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1745-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Isle of Skye, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Paul Richard Ducey
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1956
- UM 00-17,051
- Cultural Participation (184) has been used for discussions of Skye's isolation from the rest of Scotland and England
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)