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

• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005; ©1994
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (526 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.5
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
• Soggetto geografico: Atlantic Provinces History
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BucknerPhillip A <1942-> (Phillip Alfred); ReidJohn G. <1948->; LeinbergerEric; WynnGraeme; McNuttMitchell A.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Atlantic region to Confederation
• ISBN: 1-4426-5105-9; 1-4426-3267-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818983803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II