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Anne of Tim Hortons by Herb Wyile
Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature is a study of the work of over twenty contemporary Atlantic-Canadian writers that counters the widespread impression of Atlantic Canada as a quaint and backward place.
Essays in Canadian Economic History by Harold A. Innis; Mary Q. Innis (Editor); Matthew Evenden (Introduction by)
This volume collects Innis' published and unpublished essays on economic history, from 1929 to 1952, thereby charting the development of the arguments and ideas found in his books. These essays capture Innis' evolving views on the practices and uses of economic history, as well as Canadian economic history.
Nova Scotia Politics 1945-2020: From MacDonald to McNeil by Graham Steele
This is a book for anyone interested in modern Nova Scotia history or politics. It's for the avid politics-watcher, of course, but also for the new voter, the newcomer, the new parent, the newly retired - anyone who wants some historical depth by which to understand today's politics.
Reappraisals of British Colonisation in Atlantic Canada, 1700-1930 by S. Karly Kehoe
This collection offers new perspectives on the legacy of British colonisation by concentrating on Atlantic Canada, a region that was pivotal to safeguarding Britain's imperial ambitions, between 1750 and 1930.
Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History by Michele A. Johnson
Unsettling the Great White North offers a chronological, regional, and thematic compilation of some of the latest and best scholarship in the field of Black Canadian history.

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