Communications Division: annual review, 1973

Communications Division: annual review, 1973
Author: Barbara Tyler
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 41
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1772824208

A summary of the activities of the Communications Division, National Museum of Man, in 1973.

Skill and status

Skill and status
Author: Laurel Doucette
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 177282335X

A study of a ten-member rural sibling group, characterized by a high degree of specialization in traditional skills, which determines the factors regulating the achievement of status in a family setting.

People in the tobacco belt

People in the tobacco belt
Author: Linda Dégh
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1772823228

During the summer of 1972 the life histories of four Hungarian immigrants to Canada were recorded on tape in and around Delhi in southwestern Ontario, a major tobacco farming district.

Greeks of Vancouver

Greeks of Vancouver
Author: George James Patterson
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772823260

An examination of the unparalleled retention of cultural traditions by Greek immigrants in the Kitsilano region of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Lunenburg County folklore and oral hishistory

Lunenburg County folklore and oral hishistory
Author: Laurie Lacey
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772823376

This volume offers a compilation of folklore material gathered from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, including data relating to traditional work patterns, education, values, beliefs, and songs.

Wilderness and storytelling

Wilderness and storytelling
Author: Lindsay Staples
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772823449

A critical assessment of traditional approaches to life histories is juxtaposed against the presentation of stories related by an eighty-eight year old man living on the north shore of Lake Superior describing his experiences living and working in the bush.

CCFCS collection of musical instruments: Volume 2

CCFCS collection of musical instruments: Volume 2
Author: Roy W. Gibbons
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1772823481

This volume constitutes a catalogue of one hundred and sixteen idiophones and membranophones from a wide range of cultures in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.