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Myth, migration, and the making of memory : Scotia and Nova Scotia, c.1700-1990

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Myth, migration, and the making of memory : Scotia and Nova Scotia, c.1700-1990 / edited by Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance.
Publication
Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; Edinburgh, Scotland : John Donald Publishers, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Harper, Marjory.
  • Vance, Michael E. (Michael Easton), 1959-
  • Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies.
Description
320 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Scots > Nova Scotia > History > Congresses
  • Nova Scotia > History > Congresses
  • Scotland > History > Congresses
Note
  • "Published for the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies."
  • Papers originally presented at a conference held at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S. in Sept. 1996.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory: An Introduction / Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance -- 2. The Myth of Scotch Canada / Edward J. Cowan -- 3. Surveying the Remains of a Highland Myth: Investigations at the Birthplace of Flora MacDonald, Airigh-mhuilinn, South Uist / James Symonds -- 4. Scottishness and Britishness in Canada, 1790-1914 / J. M. Bumsted -- 5. Leaving the Highlands: Colonial Destinations in Canada and Australia / Eric Richards -- 6. Historical Archaeology and Migration: Barra Blackhouse Abandonment and Mid-nineteenth Century Migration to Nova Scotia / Keith Branigan -- 7. A Highland Regiment in Halifax: The 78th Highland Regiment of Foot and the Scottish National/Cultural Factor in Nova Scotia's Capital, 1869-71 / Cameron Pulsifer -- 8. "Advent'rous Merchants and Atlantic Waves": A Preliminary Study of the Scottish Contribution to Book Availability in Halifax, 1752-1810 / Fiona A. Black --
  • 9. Mediating a Scottish Enlightenment Ideal: The Presbyterian Dissenter Attack on Slavery in Late Eighteenth-Century Nova Scotia / Barry Cahill -- 10. Scottish Influences in Nineteenth-century Nova Scotian Medicine: A Study of Professional, Class and Ethnic Identity / Colin D. Howell -- 11. Victorian Philanthropy and Child Rescue: The Career of Emma Stirling in Scotland and Nova Scotia, 1860-95 / Philip Girard -- 12. Notes From Eastern Canada: Scottish Immigration to the Maritime Provinces in the 1920s / Marjory Harper -- 13. On Remembering and Forgetting: Highland Memories within the Maritime Diaspora / Rusty Bitterman -- 14. "Lochaber no more": A Critical Examination of Highland Emigration Mythology / Michael Kennedy -- 15. Above and Below Ground: Metaphors of Identity in Fictional Texts from Scotia and Nova Scotia / Uwe Zagratski.
ISBN
  • 155266015X (Fernwood)
  • 0859765210 (John Donald)
LCCN
00303213
OCLC
  • ocm45446359
  • SCSB-8414935
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries