At the Ocean''s Edge - A History of Nova Scotia to Confederation

Providing a rich cultural history of Nova Scotia, this book is rooted in a lifetime of research and a broad reading of secondary sources relating to issues of class, race, gender, and politics.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Ancient History
2. Mi’kma’ki
3. Sixteenth-Century Encounters, 1497-1605
4. Colonial Initiatives, 1605-1670
5. Louis XIV’s Acadie, 1670-1713
6. Contested Terrains, 1713-1749
7. Reinventing Nova Scotia, 1749-1775
8. The Great Divide, 1775-1792
9. Entering the Nineteenth Century, 1792-1820
10. Bluenoses and Britons, 1820-1854
11. Making Progress, 1820-1864
12. Confederation and Its Discontents, 1864-1873
Afterword
Notes
Index

About the author

Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick.

Summary

Providing a rich cultural history of Nova Scotia, this book is rooted in a lifetime of research and a broad reading of secondary sources relating to issues of class, race, gender, and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Conrad
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781487523954
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2395-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History; Studies in Atlantic Canada His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Kanada, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, HISTORY / United States / General, History - General History, HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / Canada / General