The Maritimes
Tradition, Challenge & Change
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1987
- Category
- General
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780921921011
- Publish Date
- Jan 1987
- List Price
- $22.95
-
Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780921921004
- Publish Date
- Jan 1987
- List Price
- $34.95
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
The Maritimes: Tradition, Challenge & Change is a high school textbook used to teach students about the social conditions of the Maritimes.
Every major aspect of the region is included--its natural resources and economy, its changing social and political life, and its unique cultural expressions. Often these come alive through the expreiences of the diverse array of Maritimers from all walks of life and from all parts of the region that appear in these pages.
The Maritimes: Tradition, Challenge & Change is a unique picture of a region with a strong sense of tradition, facing many challenges, and undergoing change in every area of life.
About the authors
New Brunswick native GEORGE PEABODY is the author of School Days — A History of One-room Schoolhouses of The Maritimes, and is the editor of a collection of short stories, Best Maritime Short Stories.
RICHARD THORNE is a native of Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was a teacher and vice-principal for numerous years.
Carolyn MacGregor has a background in planning and citizen groups in Halifax. She has been a member of the Planning Act Review Committee, a provincial body established to review planning legislation in Nova Scotia.