Marc-Adélard Tremblay, The Acadians of Portsmouth: A Study in Culture Change.

The Acadians of Portsmouth: A Study in Culture Change (1954)
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Une édition électronique réalisée à partir de l'article de M. Marc-Adélard Tremblay, The Acadians of Portsmouth: A Study in Culture Change. A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. (Roneo) Thèse de doctorat. [M Marc-Adélard Tremblay, anthropologue, retraité de l’enseignement de l’Université Laval, nous a accordé le 4 janvier 2004 son autorisation de diffuser électroniquement toutes ses oeuvres.]

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PART I — THE BACKGROUND

Chapter I. Introduction

1. Definition of the problem

2. The main findings

3. Portsmouth and the county

4. Acculturation and social disorganization

Chapter II. Patterns of Acadian Sentiments

Chapter III. The Changing Acadian Society

1. The passing of the shipbuilding industry

2. Shift from subsistence to cash economy

3. Migration to industrial centers

4. Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne

5. The influences of St. Ann's college

6. The development of educational facilities

7. The birth of a class system

8. Emerging leadership patterns

Chapter IV. L'Anse des Lavallée: An Acadian Community in Saint-Malo Municipality

PART II: THE MIXED COMMUNITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Chapter V. Geography

1. Definition of the boundaries

2. Distribution of industries

Chapter VI. Class and Social Structure

1. Introduction

2. The Anglo-Protestant class system

3. The catholic Acadian class system

4. The lower classes

Chapter VII. Leadership Patterns

1. Changes in patterns of leadership

2. Acadian leadership and Acadian factionalism

Chapter VIII. Associational Life

1. Attitude towards formal organization

2. Professional-business-occupational organizations

3. Social and recreational organizations

4. Political organizations

Chapter IX. Industrial Enterprises

1. Primary enterprises

2. Secondary and tertiary Industries

3. Some attitudes connected with the various forms of economic enterprises

Chapter X. Law and Social Control

Chapter XI. The Leisure Patterns

1. Patterns of constructive leisure and recreation

2. Leisure activities that are socially disruptive

Chapter XII. The Anglo-Protestant culture and the Protestant Churches

1. Heterogeneous ethnic background

2. Linguistic homogeneity

3. Religious heterogeneity

4. Nature of the sanction for inter-denominational marriages among the Protestants

5. Separation of the Sacred and the Secular

6. Concept of self dependent on economic success

7. Women's role in Anglo-Protestant culture

Part III: ACCULTURATION POSITION OF PORTSMOUTH ACADIANS

Chapter XIII. A Framework for the Study of Acculturation

Chapter XIV. The Index of Acculturation

1. Introduction

2. The building of the index

Chapter XV. Acculturation Position: its Relations to some Variables

Part IV: PROCESSES OF ACCULTURATION OF THE PORTSMOUTH ACADIANS

Chapter XVI. The General Processes of Acculturation

1. Major changes in traditional patterns of Acadian sentiments

2. Socio-cultural factors promoting acculturation

3. Socio-cultural factors limiting acculturation

Chapter XVII. The Secularization Processes of Portsmouth Acadians

1. The structure of the Catholic Church

2. Conditions of secularization

3. Expressions of secularization

Chapter XVIII. The Process of Intermarriage

1. Introduction

2. Definition of terms

3. Definition of concepts

4. The process of intermarriage

Chapter XIX. The Mixed School

1. The Portsmouth school system

2. The function of the Portsmouth school

3. Events which promote inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts

4. Acculturation of schoolchildren and future outlook

PART V: SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A: Methodology

APPENDIX B: References and Bibliography