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The Centennial Cure : Commemoration, Identity, and Cultural Capital in Nova Scotia during Canada's 1967 Centennial Celebrations
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In The Centennial Cure, the second volume in the Studies in Atlantic Canada History series, Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton critically examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and ...
In The Centennial Cure, the second volume in the Studies in Atlantic Canada History series, Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton critically examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and commemoration in Nova Scotia during Canada's centennial celebrations.
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- Creator
- Meaghan Beaton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781487513399, 1487521529, 148750151X, 9781487513405, 1487513402, 1487513399
- OCLC
- on1054872434, ocn982378131
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Canada's 1967 Centennial, Commemoration, and Region; 1 "It was deliberate -- a planned effort, not a natural development of history": Producing Nova Scotia's Celebrations for Canada's 1967 Centennial; 2 "A true Scot would have sworn he was in Scotland": The 1967 Nova Scotia Highland Games and Folk Festival; 3 "I sold it as an industry as much as anything else": The Cape Breton Miners' Museum; 4 "Worthy of the great Nova Scotia traditions of the sea": Halifax's Aquarium and Centennial Swimming Pool
- 5 "The Centennial Cure": The Community Improvement ProgramConclusion: Canada's 1967 Centennial Commemorative Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index