Title Nineteenth-century Cape Breton : a historical geography / Stephen J. Hornsby

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 274 pages) : illustrations Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Cape Breton Island at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- 2 The Scottish Background of Immigrants to Cape Breton -- 3 Agricultural Settlement in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 4 The Staple Industries in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 5 The Potato Famine, 1845�1849 -- 6 Agricultural Settlement in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 7 The Staple Industries in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 8 The Exodus -- 9 Cape Breton Island at the End of the Nineteenth Century -- Notes -- Bibliography IndexA -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y Summary Stephen Hornsby examines the development of nineteenth-century Cape Breton in light of two broad patterns of regional development: agricultural settlement and the exploitation of raw materials and staples. He focuses on the impact of Scottish immigration on the island's settlement and agricultural development, and on the role of mercantile and industrial capital in developing Cape Breton's two great staple industries, cod fishing and coal mining. He also outlines the reasons for the massive exodus from Cape Breton during the late nineteenth century. The intersection of these two patterns of development gave rise to a distinctive regional geography. Over the course of a hundred years, a complex mosaic of different settlements, economies, and cultures emerged on the island. While the details and circumstances of these developments were unique to the island, elements of the Cape Breton experience were found in other areas of Maritime Canada. Hornsby suggests that the historical geography of this small, peripheral island offers a simple, somewhat stark encapsulation of some of the salient developments in the rest of settled Canada during the nineteenth century Analysis Nova Scotia History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Economic history Emigration and immigration SUBJECT Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- History Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Economic conditions Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History Scotland -- Emigration and immigration Subject Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island Scotland Cape Breton Island Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773563254 0773563253

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