JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC REGION WINTER/SPRING 2009

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REVUE D’HISTOIRE DE LA RÉGION ATLANTIQUE HIVER/PRINTEMPS 2009

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ACADIENSIS

VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 1 WINTER/SPRING 2009

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JULIEN MASSICOTTE

Portrait d’un « fondateur dans l’âme » : Clément Cormier, pionnier des sciences sociales en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick 3

EDWARD MACDONALD

Who’s Afraid of the Fenians?

The Fenian Scare on Prince Edward Island, 1865-1867 33

PAULINE GREENHILL

Welcoming the Newlyweds: Chaivari, Shivaree, Serenade, Banjo, and Saluting in Nova Scotia, 1917-c.1975 52

PATRICK WEBBER “For a Socialist New Brunswick”: The New Brunswick Waffle, 1967-1972 75

BARBARA C. MURISON

Myth and Mirgration: Unpicking the Career of the Reverend John Sprott

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LISA PASOLLI

Bureaucratizing the Atlantic Revolution: The “Saskatchewan Mafia” in the New Brunswick Civil Service, 1960-1970 126

REVIEW ESSAYS/NOTES CRITIQUES

TINA LOO

The Dominion of Canada: Recent Literature on Indigenous Peoples and Resource Management .................................................... 151

DENIS LEBLANC Dancing with Dependencies Where the Pavement Ends: A Comparative Review on Aboriginal Healing And Development ...................... 156