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Nineteenth-century Cape Breton : a historical geography /

Stephen Hornsby examines the development of nineteenth-century Cape Breton in light of two broad patterns of regional development: agricultural settlement and the exploitation of raw materials and staples. He focuses on the impact of Scottish immigration on the island's settlement and agricultu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Cape Breton Island at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
  • 2 The Scottish Background of Immigrants to Cape Breton
  • 3 Agricultural Settlement in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • 4 The Staple Industries in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • 5 The Potato Famine, 1845â€?1849
  • 6 Agricultural Settlement in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 7 The Staple Industries in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 8 The Exodus
  • 9 Cape Breton Island at the End of the Nineteenth Century
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • IndexA
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
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