Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Paragraphs viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Prologue 1
6. Hemmed-In Communities
7. Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Mid-1970s 17
8. Lewis, Scottish Hebrides, Early Nineteenth Century 79
9. Remittances Home
10. Hudson Bay, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries 121
11. Long Spruce Rapids, Nelson River, 1976 145
12. Outbreaks of Unrest
13. Scottish Highlands and Islands, Mid-Nineteenth Century 185
14. Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1993 225
15. Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, 1831 267
16. Comments on Sources and Other Theoretical Considerations 275
17. Notes 289
18. Books in the Life Writing Series 312