Atlantic Canada : a history by Conrad, Margaret, author, Hiller, James, 1942- author instant download

Atlantic Canada : a history by Conrad, Margaret, author, Hiller, James, 1942- author instant download

xii, 316 pages : 23 cm, \"Atlantic Canada: A History reflects on the region's diversity and provides students with a concise and up-to-date history of the east coast of Canada. This edition includes new coverage of Atlantic Canada up to 2014, allowing readers to make connections between the past and present and reflect on the region's diversity and future\" -- Provided by publisher's website, Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-304) and index, Part I: The Atlantic region, 1500-1860. Beginnings -- Aboriginal peoples -- European encounters, 1000-1598 -- Colonial experiments, 1598-1632 -- Colonial communities take root, 1632-1713 -- Renegotiating the Atlantic region, 1713-1763 -- Community formation, 1749-1815 -- Maturing colonial societies, 1815-1860 -- -- Part II: The Atlantic region since 1860. Confronting confederation, 1860-1873 -- The industrial challenge, 1873-1901 -- The promise and peril of a new century, 1901-1919 -- Between the wars, 1919-1939 -- The emergence of Atlantic Canada, 1939-1949 -- A region transformed, 1949-1975 -- Atlantic Canada in the global village, 1975-2001 -- Whither tending? Atlantic Canada in the twenty-first century