Centennial Cure

Meaghan Beaton is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Canadian History in the Department of History, and a faculty member with the Canadian-American Studies Program, at Western Washington University.

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Canada’s 1967 Centennial, Commemoration, and RegionChapter One: "It was deliberate – a planned effort, not a natural development of history": Producing Nova Scotia’s Celebrations for Canada’s 1967 CentennialChapter Two: "A true Scot would have sworn he was in Scotland": The 1967 NovaScotia Highland Games and Folk FestivalChapter Three: "I sold it as an industry as much as anything else": The Cape BretonMiners’ MuseumChapter Four: "Worthy of the Great Nova Scotia Traditions of the Sea": Halifax’sAquarium and Centennial Swimming PoolChapter Five: "The Centennial Cure": The Community Improvement ProgramConclusion: Canada’s 1967 Centennial Commemorative LegacyBibliographyIndex

‘Beaton does an excellent job of letting the curious reader know what became of the initiatives launched for the 1967 Centennial.’- Matthew Hayday (Acadiensis, November 2017) "Beaton provides an engaging text – one full of colourful characters – that explores how the worried perception that many held about Canada’s cultural poverty, the need for infrastructure, and what modernization should mean created the conditions for celebratory and "curative" centennial projects that would help direct and reflect the future of Nova Scotia’s cultural identities. Her monograph is a welcome addition to studies in Atlantic Canada, especially those focused on commemoration and tourism."- Elizabeth L. Jewett, Mount Allison University (The Canadian Historical Review vol. 99 no. 3, 2018) "Most published accounts of the centennial celebrations have focused on EXPO 67 and events in Ottawa but Beaton’s solidly researched and well written book is the first to show how one province – Nova Scotia – chose to commemorate the centennial."- Phillip Buckner, University of New Brunswick (British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 31 no 1)