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The Atlantic region to Confederation : a history / edited by Phillip A. Buckner and John G. Reid ; Eric Leinberger, cartographer ; Graeme Wynn, cartographic editor ; Mitchell A. McNutt, picture editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atlantic Provinces--History.
- Atlantic Provinces.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (526 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The book re-assesses many old themes from a new perspective, and seeks to broaden the focus of regional history to include those groups whom the traditional historiography ignored or marginalized.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- MAPS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PART ONE: CULTURES AND COEXISTENCE, TO 1720
- 1 Early Societies: Sequences of Change
- 2 The Sixteenth Century: Aboriginal Peoples and European Contact
- 3 1600-1650: Fish, Fur, and Folk
- 4 1650-1686: 'Un pays qui n'est pas fait'
- 5 1686-1720: Imperial Intrusions
- PART TWO: THE ENCOUNTER WITH IMPERIAL MILITARISM, 1720-1820
- 6 1720-1744: Cod, Louisbourg, and the Acadians
- 7 1744-1763: Colonial Wars and Aboriginal Peoples
- 8 1763-1783: Resettlement and Rebellion
- 9 1783-1800: Loyalist Arrival, Acadian Return, Imperial Reform
- 10 1800-1810: Turning the Century
- 11 1810-1820: War and Peace
- PART THREE: THE CONSOLIDATION OF COLONIAL SOCIETY, 1820-1867
- 12 The 1820s: Peace, Privilege, and the Promise of Progress
- 13 The 1830s: Adapting Their Institutions to Their Desires
- 14 The 1840s: Decade of Tribulation
- 15 The 1850s: Maturity and Reform
- 16 The 1860s: An End and a Beginning
- NOTES
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5105-9
- 1-4426-3267-4
- OCLC:
- 929153910
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