Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures, Maps, and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Keep On Keepin’ On… xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. Chapter One. Ancient History 1
8. Chapter Two. Mi’kma’ki 15
9. Chapter Three. Sixteenth-Century Encounters, 1497–1605 35
10. Chapter Four. Colonial Initiatives, 1605–1670 57
11. Chapter Five. Louis XIV’s Acadie, 1670–1713 77
12. Chapter Six. Contested Terrains, 1713–1749 96
13. Chapter Seven. Reinventing Nova Scotia, 1749–1775 121
14. Chapter Eight. The Great Divide, 1775–1792 153
15. Chapter Nine. Entering the Nineteenth Century, 1792–1820 187
16. Chapter Ten. Bluenoses and Britons, 1820–1854 222
17. Chapter Eleven. Making Progress, 1820–1864 261
18. Chapter Twelve. Confederation and Its Discontents, 1864–1873 295
19. Afterword 335
20. Notes 355
21. Index 417