Nineteenth Century Cape Breton

Download or read book Nineteenth-Century Cape Breton written by Stephen John Hornsby and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.