Overview

This collection offers new perspectives on the legacy of British colonisation by concentrating on Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island), a region that was pivotal to safeguarding Britain's imperial ambitions, between 1750 and 1930. New and established researchers from Canada, Scotland and the United States engage with the core themes of migration, dispossession, religion, identity, and commemoration in a way that diverges markedly from existing scholarship. The research shines much-needed light on groups traditionally excluded from Britain's broader imperial narrative, highlighting the indigenous experience and the presence and agency of slaves, free people of colour and religious minorities.

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Author:   Karly Kehoe (Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia) ,  Michael Vance (Professor of History, Saint Mary's University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781474459044

ISBN 10:   1474459048
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   03 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction1. Colonial LegaciesS. Karly Kehoe and Michael E. Vance2. British Colonisation in an Atlantic Canadian ContextJohn G. ReidPart I: Dispossession & Settlement2. Barren Icy Rocks or a Nursery of Seamen? Debating Nova Scotia and Ideologies of Empire in the Era of the American RevolutionAlexandra L. Montgomery 3. Leaving Nova Scotia: Sierra Leone and the Free Black People, 1792-1800Ruma Chopra4. New world, old problems? Aristocratic influences on colonial governance and land in nineteenth-century Atlantic CanadaAnnie TindleyPart II: Religion and Identity5. Catholic Highland Scots and the Colonisation of Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island, 1772-1830S. Karly Kehoe6. The Church of England, Print Networks and the Book of Common Prayer in Atlantic Canada, c. 1750-c. 1830Joseph Hardwick7. ‘For Christ and Covenant’: Scottish Presbyterian　Dissent and Early Political Reform in Nova Scotia, 1803-1832Holly RitchiePart III: Reappraising Memory8. Fenian Ghosts: The Spectre of Irish Republicanism in Ethnic Relations in Newfoundland Willeen Keough9. Cosmopolitan Engagements: Class, Place and Diplomacy in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Fisheries, 1815-1854Kurt Korneski10. The Mi’kamq, the Pattersons, and Remembering the Scottish Colonisation of Nova ScotiaMichael E. Vance

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S. Karly Kehoe is Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. Prior to coming to Saint Mary’s, she lived and worked in Scotland. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Global Young Academy and the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and an alumna of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland. Her work concentrates on Scottish and Irish Catholic settlement and colonisation in the north Atlantic, but she is also interested in sustainable development and rural change in Nova Scotia and the Scottish Highlands. Professor Michael Vance is Professor of History at St. Mary’s University. He has dedicated his research career to the topic of the transatlantic connection between Scotland and Canada. As well as a monograph and two edited collections, he has written numerous articles that have been published by journals including Immigrants and Minorities, Scottish Tradition and BC Studies. His current research focuses on Scottish migration patterns to Canada, Australia and South Africa in the 19th century.

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