Nova Scotia and Confederation / / Kenneth G. Pryke.
In the early 1860s Nova Scotia was a confident and prosperous colony; by 1867 it was a reluctant junior partner in a newly established federal system. Colonial union was a realistic recognition of the existing balance between the North American colonies, but the open declaration of Nova Scotia'...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [1979] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 1979 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The introduction of Confederation
- 2. Approval of union in principle
- 3. Passage of the Act of Union
- 4. The federal and provincial elections of 1867
- 5. The repeal movement
- 6. Howe and the federal government
- 7. A time for reassessment
- 8. The Treaty of Washington, Confederation, and Nova Scotia
- 9. Maintaining the status quo
- 10. The failure of the coalition
- 11. The winter election
- 12. New ways and old conflicts
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Note on sources
- Index