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New England and the Maritime Provinces: Connections and Comparisons
New England and Canada's Maritime provinces share centuries-old connections. This work examines this important relationship through analysis of themes common to both regions and shows the effects of the evolution of the region from a borderland with ill-defined boundaries to a bordered land with defined political borders.
424 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2005
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July 9, 2016
This is probably the history book that is most directly aligned with my work...connecting and comparing New England and the Maritimes IS essentially my dissertation. At least connecting and comparing them in the early period. So I like this book, and it is always kicking around my desk with several bookmarks and lots of dog-eared pages and a well-thumbed bibliography/end notes section.
But I recognize that the club that deeply appreciates this book is a small club. So.
I mainly read the early chapters, but there is one later one that is about cultural connections, and it was really interesting. I guess the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves used to think of the Maritimes as part of "their" region, as might be expected. This is the 20s and 30s, when there were no Blue Jays or Expos to root for in Canada. Today if you go to Halifax it's all Blue Jays everywhere, but not so back in the day. Anyway, the Braves used to go up once in a while in mid-season to play local Maritime championship teams in exhibition matches. Crazy! They sandwiched these in right in the middle of July or August. Negro League teams used to barnstorm the Maritimes too. Babe Ruth went up there a couple times to give exhibitions, late in his life. Anyway, I thought that was a fun little corner of history.
But I recognize that the club that deeply appreciates this book is a small club. So.
I mainly read the early chapters, but there is one later one that is about cultural connections, and it was really interesting. I guess the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves used to think of the Maritimes as part of "their" region, as might be expected. This is the 20s and 30s, when there were no Blue Jays or Expos to root for in Canada. Today if you go to Halifax it's all Blue Jays everywhere, but not so back in the day. Anyway, the Braves used to go up once in a while in mid-season to play local Maritime championship teams in exhibition matches. Crazy! They sandwiched these in right in the middle of July or August. Negro League teams used to barnstorm the Maritimes too. Babe Ruth went up there a couple times to give exhibitions, late in his life. Anyway, I thought that was a fun little corner of history.
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