Schryer (sociology and anthropology, U. of Guelph) explores the experience of Dutch immigrants to Ontario, focusing on issues such as ethnicity, the pillar system in Dutch society, language retention, class standing, and assimilation. His central argument is that ethnic groups a…
"Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of t…
Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of th…
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