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Contents

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PREFACE

Prologue: The Atlantic Colonies before Confederation

PART ONE: CONSOLIDATING THE UNION, 1867–1890

1 The 1860s: Forging the Bonds of Union

2 The 1870s: Political Integration

3 The 1880s: Paradoxes of Progress

PART TWO: TRANSFORMING HORIZONS, 1890–1920

4 The 1890s: Fragmentation and the New Social Order

5 The 1900s: Industry, Urbanization, and Reform

6 The 1910s: The Stillborn Triumph of Progressive

PART THREE: LIVING WITH DISPARITY, 1920–1950

7 The 1920s: Class and Region, Resistance and Accommodation

8 The 1930s: Depression and Retrenchment

9 The 1940s: War and Rehabilitation

PART FOUR: THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES, 1950–1980

10 Newfoundland Confronts Canada, 1867–1949

11 The 1950s: The Decade of Development

12 The 1960s: The Illusions and Realities of Progress

13 The 1970s: Sharpening the Sceptical Edge

Epilogue: The 1980s

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