Providing a rich cultural history of Nova Scotia, this book is rooted in a lifetime of research and a broad reading of secondary sources relating to issues of class, race, gender, and politics.

Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick.

"Vigorous, well-documented, extremely well written, and with plenty of depth and detail, At the Ocean’s Edge will find a substantial general readership, while also becoming a frequently cited book in academic circles."

Corey Slumkoski, Department of History, Mount Saint Vincent University:

"At the Ocean’s Edge is by far the most comprehensive survey of pre-Confederation Nova Scotian history. Margaret Conrad makes Canadian history come alive on the page in this engagingly written and convincing volume. This is an exceptionally thorough and groundbreaking account of Nova Scotia."