Stephen Hornsby's historical geography of Cape Breton Island is a detailed examination of the patterns of economy, settlement, and society that emerged on the island during the nineteenth century. These patterns, Hornsby argues, were strikingly similar to those created elsewhere in Canada.
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Stephen Hornsby's historical geography of Cape Breton Island is a detailed examination of the patterns of economy, settlement, and society that emerged on the island during the nineteenth century. These patterns, Hornsby argues, were strikingly similar to those created elsewhere in Canada.
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Hornsby, Stephen., McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992, c1992, 1st Edition, 1st printing, black cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 236 pp with notes, bibliography & index, B&W photographic, map & other illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0773508899, 'He focuses on the impact of Scottish immigration on the island's settlement and agricultural development, and on the role of mercantile and industrial capital in developing Cape Breton's two great staple industries, cod fishing and coal mining', scarce.
