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McKay, Ian, 1953-

In the province of history : the making of the public past in twentieth-century Nova Scotia / Ian McKay and Robin Bates. - viii, 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How a land without antiquities became the province of history -- This is the province primeval : Evangeline and the beginnings of tourism/history -- All the world was safe and happy : the innocence of Will R. Bird -- Down the twisting path of destiny : the impossible libralism of Thomas Raddall -- Marketing race : Angus L. Macdonald, Tartanism, and the cultural politics of whiteness -- Of runic stones and Lockean dreams : the triumvirate and its treasures, 1935-1964 -- Is the romance ended?

ISBN: 0773537031 9780773537033 077353704X 9780773537040

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tourism--Social aspects--Nova Scotia
Heritage tourism--History--Nova Scotia--20th century.
Tourism--History--Nova Scotia--20th century.
Tourism--Government policy--Nova Scotia
Culture and tourism--Nova Scotia
Collective memory--Nova Scotia

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nova Scotia--Historiography

LC Class. No.: F1038 / .M35 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 971.603