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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811655403321

Titolo

Eastern and western perspectives : papers from the Joint Atlantic Canada/Western Canadian Studies Conference / / edited by David Jay Bercuson and Phillip A. Buckner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1981

©1981

ISBN

1-4426-5684-0

1-4426-3353-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Altri autori (Persone)

BercusonDavid Jay

Disciplina

971

Soggetti

Maritime Provinces - Congresses

Northwest, Canada

Northwest, Canada - Congresses

HISTORY / Canada / General

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Maritime Provinces Congresses

Northwest, Canadian Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Franco-Canadian communities of western Canada since 1945 -- The flowering of the Acadian renaissance -- In search of a post-confederation Maritime historiography, 1900-1967 -- The writing of history in western Canada -- The great merchant and economic development in Saint John, 1820-1850 -- Patterns of prairie urban development 1871-1950 Urban -- An Atlantic region political culture: a chimera -- Political culture in the west -- Three generations of fiction: an introduction to prairie cultural history -- Economic growth in the Atlantic region, 1880-1940 -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

In 1978 the Atlantic Canada and Western Canada Studies Conferences met jointly. These ten papers are selected from twenty-seven presented



at the joint conference.