A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century

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Revised May 1971, Jan. 1972, See also: HD5715.5 N6 A6 (original)

Occupational training — Nova Scotia — Abstracts
Nova Scotia — Social policy — Abstracts
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — 1945- — Abstracts
Nova Scotia — Social conditions — Abstracts

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The community of Africville began in the early 1800s with the settlement of former American slaves and other black people on the Beford Basin, just north of Halifax. Over time the community grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, about 400 people lived in the tight-knit community of Africville. But the neighbourhood was not without its problems. Racist attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs outside the community and the City of Halifax denied the residents of Africville basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, and garbage collection. Despite being labeled a "slum," the community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax decided to demolish the community, relocate its residents and use the land for industrial development. Residents of Africville strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed and they were forced into public housing projects in other parts of the city, and promised, but did not receive social assistance to help them resettle. After years of pressure from former members of the community and their descendants, the City of Halifax finally apologized for the destruction of Africville and offered to pay compensation. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from former Africville residents, this book offers an account of the racism behind the injustices suffered by the community. It documents how the City destroyed Africville and finally apologized for it. Part of the "Righting Canada's Wrongs" Series.

Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — History — 20th century
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Social conditions — 20th century
Relocation (Housing) — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Race discrimination — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Ethnic relations — History — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century

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Includes abstract in English and French.

Working class — Nova Scotia — Pictou — 19th century
Industry — Social apsects — Nova Scotia — Pictou
Pictou, N.S. — Economic conditions — 19th century
Pictou N.S. — Social conditions — 19th century
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Women — Employment — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Women — Social conditions — Nova Scotia — Halifax

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Hopewell N.S. — History
Nova Scotia — Social conditions — 19th century

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Half title: The Antigonish Movement and identity.

Antigonish movement
Cooperation — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Social conditions.

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University Microfilms order no. UMI00290307.

Skilled labour — Nova Scotia — Amherst
Amherst N.S. — Social conditions

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Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 18th century
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Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — 19th century

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Canadian Parks Service.

New England Planters
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Maritime Provinces — Emigration and immigration — History
New England — Emigration and immigration — History
Nova Scotia — Social conditions — 18th century

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Social change
Villages — Nova Scotia — Economic conditions
Human geography — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions.

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January 1999. Chair: Patricia Doyle-Bedwell. A brief presented to Honourable Francene Cosman, Minister of Community Services and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women.

Cosman, F. J.

Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women

Women — Nova Scotia
Women — Nova Scotia — Social conditions

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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Women — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Nova Scotia.

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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Women — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Nova Scotia.

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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Constitutional law — Canada
Women — Social conditions — Nova Scotia
Women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Nova Scotia
Women's rights — Nova Scotia.

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DeRoche, Constance P
DeRoche, John E.

Memorial University of Newfoundland. Institute of Social and Economic Research.

Women — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Economic conditions
Women — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Social conditions
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Economic conditions
Acadians –

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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Women — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Nova Scotia.

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Cumberland Joint Planning Advisory Committee.

Mi'kmaq — Nova Scotia — Springhill Junction
Springhill Junction (N.S.) — Social conditions.

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Includes index.

Dorrington, Jocelyn.

Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Social conditions — Study and teaching (Secondary)
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — History — Study and teaching (Secondary)

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Photocopy. In: Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 202 : 169-195, May 1992.

Blacks — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Social conditions
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 19th century

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Cover title. Chairman: Carolyn Thomas.

Thomas, Carolyn.

Blacks — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Racism — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Race relations.

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City planning — Nova Scotia — Bibliography — Catalogs
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Halifax (N.S.) — Economic conditions — Bibliography — Catalogs
Halifax (N.S.) — City

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Irish — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 19th century
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Prejudices — Nova Scotia

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Includes index.

Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat.

Youth — Nova Scotia
Youth — Nova Scotia — Social conditions.

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MacIntyre, J. Duncan

St. Francis Xavier University. Extension Dept.

Housing — Nova Scotia — Glace Bay
Glace Bay (N.S.) — Social conditions

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