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Author Beaton, Meaghan Elizabeth, 1976- author.

Title The centennial cure : commemoration, identity, and cultural capital in Nova Scotia during Canada's 1967 centennial celebrations / Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Atlantic Canada history
Studies in Atlantic Canada history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Canada's 1967 Centennial, Commemoration, and Region; 1 "It was deliberate -- a planned effort, not a natural development of history": Producing Nova Scotia's Celebrations for Canada's 1967 Centennial; 2 "A true Scot would have sworn he was in Scotland": The 1967 Nova Scotia Highland Games and Folk Festival; 3 "I sold it as an industry as much as anything else": The Cape Breton Miners' Museum; 4 "Worthy of the great Nova Scotia traditions of the sea": Halifax's Aquarium and Centennial Swimming Pool.
5 "The Centennial Cure": The Community Improvement ProgramConclusion: Canada's 1967 Centennial Commemorative Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary In The Centennial Cure , the second volume in the Studies in Atlantic Canada History series, Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton critically examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and commemoration in Nova Scotia during Canada's centennial celebrations.
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Subject Nova Scotia -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century.
Nova Scotia.
Cultural policy.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Canada -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Canada.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Beaton, Meaghan Elizabeth. Centennial cure. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2017 9781487501518 148750151X (OCoLC)966404610
ISBN 9781487513399 (electronic book)
1487513399 (electronic book)
9781487501518
148750151X
9781487521523
1487521529