Celts in the Americas “a real contribution”: review
Gosh, how did we miss this one?!
Great review of Celts in the Americas, by Michael Newton, in the Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, vol. 16 (2013). Subscription to Proquest through your library is necessary to read the whole review, but here are a few of our favourite points.
“The book defines ‘Celtic peoples,’ in a linguistically centred way, a move that I applaud vigorously.” It’s “a direct engagement with the way that Celtic peoples have experienced mobility and integration … very much a new-world discussion.”
“The return to language as the thing that balances cultural diversity and cultural rootedness provides a way forward for small cultures everywhere. Celts in the Americas is a real contribution to that kind of progress.”
Review by Jerry White
Last year, Michael Newton published the best-selling The Naughty Little Book of Gaelic: All the Scottish Gaelic You Need to Curse, Swear, Drink, Smoke and Fool Around (CBU Press 2014).
Michael’s next contribution along the theme of Scottish Gaelic studies is scheduled for release in late September (2015):
Seanchaidh na Coille / The Memory-Keeper of the Forest: Anthology of Scottish-Gaelic Literature of Canada with a foreword by Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander.