The Blue Mountains and other Gaelic stories from Cape Breton

Subjects: “…Tales Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.…”
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Cape Breton railways : an illustrated history by MacDonald, Herb

Subjects: “…Railroads Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island History.…”
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Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan

Subjects: “…Singers Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island Biography.…”
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Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan

Subjects: “…Singers Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island Biography.…”
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One with the music : Cape Breton step dance tradition and transmission by Melin, Mats

Subjects: “…Step dancing Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.…”
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Seeing Canada. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Subjects: “…Micmac Indians Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.…”
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Gaelic Cape Breton step-dancing : an historical and ethnographic perspective by Gibson, John G. (John Graham), 1941-

Subjects: “…Step dancing Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island History.…”
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Old and new world highland bagpiping by Gibson, John G. (John Graham), 1941-

Subjects: “…Bagpipe Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island History.…”
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Old and new world highland bagpiping by Gibson, John G. (John Graham), 1941-

Subjects: “…Bagpipe Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island History.…”
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Captain Alex MacLean : Jack London's Sea Wolf by Macgillivray, Don, 1942-

Subjects: “…Sailors Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island Biography.…”
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The Failure of Global Capitalism : From Cape Breton to Colombia andBeyond. by Gibbs, Terry

Subjects: “…Coal mines and mining Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.…”
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A sigh and a wish : Helen Creighton's maritimes by Davies, Donna

“…Cape Breton Island (N.S.)…”
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Cape Bretoniana : an annotated bibliography. by Tennyson, Brian

“…Cape Breton Island (N.S.) History Bibliography.…”
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Cape Bretoniana : an annotated bibliography. by Tennyson, Brian

“…Cape Breton Island (N.S.) History Bibliography.…”
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Nineteenth-century Cape Breton : a historical geography by Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Cape Breton Island at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- 2 The Scottish Background of Immigrants to Cape Breton -- 3 Agricultural Settlement in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 4 The Staple Industries in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 5 The Potato Famine, 1845â€?…”
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A voyage to Newfoundland by Thoulet, J. (Julien), 1843-1936

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The Many Landfalls of John Cabot.

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Company Houses, Company Towns : Heritage and Conservation. by Molloy, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…A typology of Cape Breton Island company housing / Richard MacKinnon -- A patriarch's company town : Boss Gibson and the Marysville legacy (New Brunswick) / Alex Forbes -- Company housing at Wabana iron-ore mines, Bell Island (Newfoundland) / Gail Weir -- Arvida : socio-industrial utopia to urban heritage (Quebec) / Lucie K. …”
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Seeing Canada. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Solidarity first : Canadian workers and social cohesion

Table of Contents: “…Canadian workers and social cohesion / Robert O'Brien -- Gendering the concept of social cohesion through an understanding of women and work / Belinda Leach and Charlotte Yates -- Social cohesion, international competitiveness, and the "other" : a connected comparison of workers' relationships in Canada and Mexico / Holly Gibbs -- Workplace cohesion and the fragmentation of solidarity : the magna model / Wayne Lewchuk and Don Wells -- Working time and labour control in the Toyota production system / Mark Thomas -- Cultural production and social cohesion amid the decline of coal and steel : the case of Cape Breton Island / Larry Haiven -- Civil society targets the international / Robert O'Brien -- International labour norms and worker disorganization in Canada / Roy Adams -- ILO action on "The scope of the employment relationship" : lessons from Canada on the gendered limits of fostering social cohesion / Leah F. …”
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Control and order in French colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 by Johnston, A. J. B. (Andrew John Bayly)

Table of Contents: “…Creating and Organizing a New Colony; Before Louisbourg: An Era of Few Controls; Founding a New Colony; Cape Breton Island and Its Potential; Establishing Authority, Introducing the Powers; Fundamental Control: Judicial Institutions; Complexity in Diversity: The People to be Governed.…”
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Control and order in French colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 by Johnston, A. J. B. (Andrew John Bayly)

Table of Contents: “…Creating and Organizing a New Colony; Before Louisbourg: An Era of Few Controls; Founding a New Colony; Cape Breton Island and Its Potential; Establishing Authority, Introducing the Powers; Fundamental Control: Judicial Institutions; Complexity in Diversity: The People to be Governed.…”
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Island songs : a global repertoire

Table of Contents: “…English Caribbean : when people cannot talk, they sing / Ijahnya Christian -- Spanish Caribbean : liquid identities / Soraya Marcano -- French Caribbean : Adieu foulard, adieu madras : a sonic study in (post)colonialism / Yoko Oryu and Godfrey Baldacchino -- Cape Breton Island : living in the past? Gaelic language, song and competition / Heather Sparling -- Newfoundland : from Ron Hynes to Hey Rosetta! …”
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A fleeting empire : early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

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A fleeting empire : early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

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Canadian History : Volume 1: Beginnings to Confederation. by Owram, Doug

Table of Contents: “…A Sense of Place -- Social Differentiation -- The Elites -- Artisans and Labourers -- Gender and Women -- Regulation and the Social Order -- Church and State / Institution and Faith -- The Political Economy of Protest and the Administration of Order: Politics, Insurrection, and Government -- The Maritime Colonies, 1784 to Confederation -- Bibliographies and Reference Works -- Periodicals -- General Texts -- Aboriginal Peoples -- Loyalists -- Immigrants from the United Kingdom -- Blacks -- Acadians -- Women -- Economic History -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- New Brunswick -- Prince Edward Island -- Confederation -- Conclusion -- Newfoundland and the International Fishery -- Bibliographies and Reference Works -- Published Documents -- Periodicals -- Historiography -- The Fishery in the Sixteenth Century -- The Fishery in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- The European Settling of Newfoundland -- Beothuk and Micmac -- The Anglo-French Competition for Newfoundland -- The Fishery in the Nineteenth Century -- Newfoundland Politics to 1869 -- Social History -- Labrador -- Conclusion -- The Northwest and the North -- Bibliographies and General Works -- Published Documents -- Periodicals -- Historiography -- Ancient History -- European Exploration -- The Fur Trade -- Mission History -- First Nations -- Métis -- Red River Settlement -- Conclusion -- The Pacific Coast -- General Works -- Bibliographies and Reference Works -- Periodicals -- Historiography -- Native Peoples Precontact -- European Exploration and the Maritime Fur Trade -- The Land-Based Fur Trade -- Vancouver Island -- British Columbia -- Conclusion -- British North America in Its Imperial and International Context -- Reference Works and Documentary Collections -- Military History -- External Affairs -- British North America and the Constitution of the British Empire.…”
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