Atlantic provinces -- History, Canada -- Atlantic provinces, Atlantic provinces 

"The peculiar flavour of the historical experience of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada is memorably captured in this collection of twelve outstanding essays by historians of the Maritime region. The essays deal with the sea and its influence on the Maritime colonies in peace and war, on the precarious position of the colonies at moments of crisis such as the American Revolution and the War of 1812, on the politics of the lumber trade in nineteenth-century New Brunswick, on the intellectual and cultural life of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, on the great days of the Maritime sailing trade, and on the readjustment connected with Confederation. A select bibliography of Maritime historical writing is also included. In all, this is a balanced and well-guided introduction to an understanding of the Atlantic region of Canada."--Back cover.