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?