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Index
Introduction to the New Edition
1 The Sea That Surrounds Us
2 The Story Begins in Africa
3 Cold Wars and Warm-blooded Mammals
4 The Land of the Mi’kmaq
5 Early Explorers: Myths, Legends and Maybe a Few Facts
6 Sailors Westward: In Search of New Worlds
7 Port Royal and the Order of Good Cheer
8 A Charter for New Scotland
9 Carving Up Acadia
10 Acadia: More Than a Bargaining Chip
11 Louisbourg: A Fortress City
12 A Fortress for the Taking
13 The Acadian Way of Life
14 The Founding of Halifax
15 The Rowdy Town on the Harbour
16 The Creation of Lunenburg
17 Empires at Odds
18 The Deportation of the Acadians: “Into Utter Misery”
19 The Fall of Louisbourg
20 The Land of Exile and Immigrants
21 Coastline of Conflict
22 Loyalists: The White and the Black
23 From Rags to Royalty: Halifax Comes of Age
24 1812 and After
25 The Golden Age of Sail
26 Sea Crimes of the Nineteenth Century
27 Confederation: Nova Scotians Become Canadians
28 The Plight of Nineteenth-century Nova Scotian Women
29 The Savage Seas
30 The Decline and Fall of the Age of Sail
31 Dreamers, Schemers and Telephone Screamers
32 Toward the Turn of the Century
33 “A Sound Past All Hearing”
34 Aftermath of the Halifax Explosion
35 Rum and Rum-runners
36 The Bluenose
37 A Province in Economic Ruin
38 Nova Scotia in the Second World War
39 The Spoils of War
40 The Fifties and Sixties: “A Friendly Remoteness”
41 The Tragedy of Africville
42 Unhealthy Habits, Unclean Harbours
43 Coal Mining in Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Despair
44 The Death of the Fish
45 Fish Sheds and Federal Politics
46 Tragedy and Beyond: The Sustainable Province
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
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