Observing the Outports

Describing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980

Jeff Webb

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University of Toronto Press
04 January 2016

History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Social & cultural history

The years after Newfoundland's confederation with Canada were ones of rapid social and economic change, as provincial resettlement and industrialization initiatives attempted to transform the lives of rural Newfoundlanders. At Memorial University in St. John's, a new generation of faculty saw the province's transformation as a critical moment. Some hoped to solve the challenges of modernization through their rural research. Others hoped to document the island's ""traditional"" culture before it disappeared. Between them they created the field of ""Newfoundland studies.""

In Observing the Outports, Jeff A. Webb illustrates how interdisciplinary collaborations among scholars of lexicography, history, folklore, anthropology, sociology, and geography laid the foundation of our understanding of Newfoundland society in an era of modernization. His extensive archival research and oral history interviews illuminate how scholars at Memorial University created an intellectual movement that paralleled the province's cultural revival.

By: Jeff Webb
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781442628946
ISBN 10: 1442628944
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 04 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeff A. Webb is a professor and head of the Department of History at Memorial University.

Reviews for Observing the Outports: Describing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980

'Observing the Outports is one of the most fascinating regional histories I have read in a long time... The book will be read by anyone interested in the study of regional culture and those interested in how interdisciplinarity can be developed within insular confines of the academy.' -- Richard MacKinnon * Canadian Historical Review vol 98:02:2017 *

Winner of <P>Peter J. Cashin award for the best book in Newfoundland History or Political Science</P> 2017 (Canada)
Winner of Peter J. Cashin award for the best book in Newfoundland History or Political Science 2017 (Canada)