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Ideas on the Periphery or Peripheral Ideas?: The Intellectual and Cultural History of Atlantic Canada
Overview & Abstract
This foundational article surveys the intellectual and cultural landscape of Atlantic Canada. It challenges the centralist notion of regional intellectual inferiority and highlights the unique, vibrant, and often overlooked contributions of Maritime thinkers, writers, and educators to the broader scope of Canadian intellectual history.
Reference Citation
Fingard, Judith. "Ideas on the Periphery or Peripheral Ideas?: The Intellectual and Cultural History of Atlantic Canada." Journal of Canadian Studies 24, no. 3 (1989): 32-43.