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Introduction to the New Edition; 1 The Sea That Surrounds Us; 2 The Story Begins in Africa; 3 Cold Wars and Warm-blooded Mammals; 4 The Land of the Mi'kmaq; 5 Early Explorers: Myths, Legends and Maybe a Few Facts; 6 Sailors Westward: In Search of New Worlds; 7 Port Royal and the Order of Good Cheer; 8 A Charter for New Scotland; 9 Carving Up Acadia; 10 Acadia: More Than a Bargaining Chip; 11 Louisbourg: A Fortress City; 12 A Fortress for the Taking; 13 The Acadian Way of Life; 14 The Founding of Halifax; 15 The Rowdy Town on the Harbour; 16 The Creation of Lunenburg.

17 Empires at Odds18 The Deportation of the Acadians: "Into Utter Misery"; 19 The Fall of Louisbourg; 20 The Land of Exile and Immigrants; 21 Coastline of Conflict; 22 Loyalists: The White and the Black; 23 From Rags to Royalty: Halifax Comes of Age; 24 1812 and After; 25 The Golden Age of Sail; 26 Sea Crimes of the Nineteenth Century; 27 Confederation: Nova Scotians Become Canadians; 28 The Plight of Nineteenth-century Nova Scotian Women; 29 The Savage Seas; 30 The Decline and Fall of the Age of Sail; 31 Dreamers, Schemers and Telephone Screamers.

32 Toward the Turn of the Century33 "A Sound Past All Hearing"; 34 Aftermath of the Halifax Explosion; 35 Rum and Rum-runners; 36 The Bluenose; 37 A Province in Economic Ruin; 38 Nova Scotia in the Second World War; 39 The Spoils of War; 40 The Fifties and Sixties: "A Friendly Remoteness"; 41 The Tragedy of Africville; 42 Unhealthy Habits, Unclean Harbours; 43 Coal Mining in Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Despair; 44 The Death of the Fish; 45 Fish Sheds and Federal Politics; 46 Tragedy and Beyond: The Sustainable Province; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.

The history of Nova Scotia is an amazing story of a land and people shaped by the waves, the tides, the wind and the wonder of the North Atlantic.

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