Atlantic Canada
A History
2nd Edition
Published on 18. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-19-543160-5 (ISBN)
Description
Atlantic Canada: A History provides students with a concise and up-to-date history of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. This book explores the common historical threads between the Maritime provinces and sub-regions of Atlantic Canada while reflecting the region's diversity. This edition includes new coverage of the Maritime provinces up to 2009, which will allow instructors to make connections between the past and present, as well as provide coverage of current topical issues.
Atlantic Canada: A History provides students with a concise and up-to-date history of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. This book explores the common historical threads between the Maritime provinces and sub-regions of Atlantic Canada while reflecting the region's diversity. This edition includes new coverage of the Maritime provinces up to 2009, which will allow instructors to make connections between the past and present, as well as provide coverage of current topical issues.
Atlantic Canada: A History provides students with a concise and up-to-date history of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. This book explores the common historical threads between the Maritime provinces and sub-regions of Atlantic Canada while reflecting the region's diversity. This edition includes new coverage of the Maritime provinces up to 2009, which will allow instructors to make connections between the past and present, as well as provide coverage of current topical issues.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
51 photographs, 18 maps, 18 tables, 19 figures
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-543160-5 (9780195431605)
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Persons
James K. Hiller is an honorary University Research Professor in the Department of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Other OUP Publications: Margaret R. Conrad and James K. Hiller. Atlantic Canada: A Region in the Making. OUP Canada, 2001. 264 pp.
James K. Hiller is an honorary University Research Professor in the Department of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Other OUP Publications: Margaret R. Conrad and James K. Hiller. Atlantic Canada: A Region in the Making. OUP Canada, 2001. 264 pp.
James K. Hiller is an honorary University Research Professor in the Department of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Other OUP Publications: Margaret R. Conrad and James K. Hiller. Atlantic Canada: A Region in the Making. OUP Canada, 2001. 264 pp.
Content
INTRODUCTION: A REGION IN THE MAKING ; PART I: THE ATLANTIC REGION, 1500-1867 ; 1. Beginnings ; 2. Aboriginal Peoples ; 3. : European Encounters: 1000-1598 ; 4. Colonial Experiments: 1598-1632 ; 5. Colonial Communities: 1632-1713 ; 6. Renegotiating the Atlantic Region: 1713-1763 ; 7. Community Formation: 1749-1815 ; 8. Maturing Colonial Societies: 1815-1860 ; PART II: THE ATLANTIC REGION SINCE 1867 ; 9. Confronting Confederation: 1860-1873 ; 10. The Industrial Challenge: 1873-1901 ; 11. The Promise and Peril of a New Century: 1901-1919 ; 12. Between the Wars: 1919-1939 ; 13. The Emergence of an Atlantic Region: 1939-1949 ; 14. The Real Golden Age? 1949-1975 ; 15. The Atlantic Region in a Global Context: 1975 to the Present ; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ; NOTES ; INDEX