Edward Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3783182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Prince Edward Island |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Macdonalds of Panmure Island and the Challenge of Change on Prince Edward Island, 1805–1919
The Macdonald family business dynasty on Prince Edward Island, Canada, spanned the long nineteenth century, the most transformative period in the province’s history, as European settlement progressively replaced its old growth forest with pastoral countryside and exploited the small island’s terrestrial and marine resources. From its origins in a wide-open, frontier environment through the economic stagnation of the post-Confederation era, the sh…
The Greater Gulf
Moving natures
Does academia really need yet another collection of scholarly essays gleaned from a conference or workshop? In the case of Moving Natures, yes.Moving Natures presents a familiar collage for such to
Allied Power
Economic Dislocation and Resiliency on Prince Edward Island
In some ways the story of post-Confederation Prince Edward Island can be told as a search to find a replacement for the Island’s shipbuilding industry. For much of the nineteenth century, the export of locally constructed wooden sailing ships underpinned the colonial economy, providing widespread employment, enabling a profitable carrying trade and financing consumer expenditures. But in the late 1870s, the local shipbuilding industry essentially…
Time and a Place
Lines in the Water
Rites of Passage
The tourism history of Prince Edward Island clearly demonstrates the dynamic importance of marine transportation to island tourism. The sea passage to an island is a visceral marker of “otherness,” yet mass tourism requires convenient access. Even as exporters and importers pressed the “rights of passage” (captured in Confederation’s promise of “continuous steam communication” with the Mainland), tourism promoters began to incorporate the “rites …
On National Heritage, Grand Narratives, and 'Making History Fun
The only place in Canada where one may experience the grand narrative of Confederation—the political project that first created, and in many ways continues to define, the Canadian nation‐state—is i
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On National Heritage, Grand Narratives, and 'Making History Fun
The only place in Canada where one may experience the grand narrative of Confederation—the political project that first created, and in many ways continues to define, the Canadian nation‐state—is i
Economic Dislocation and Resiliency on Prince Edward Island
In some ways the story of post-Confederation Prince Edward Island can be told as a search to find a replacement for the Island’s shipbuilding industry. For much of the nineteenth century, the export of locally constructed wooden sailing ships underpinned the colonial economy, providing widespread employment, enabling a profitable carrying trade and financing consumer expenditures. But in the late 1870s, the local shipbuilding industry essentially…
Time and a Place
Lines in the Water
Rites of Passage
The tourism history of Prince Edward Island clearly demonstrates the dynamic importance of marine transportation to island tourism. The sea passage to an island is a visceral marker of “otherness,” yet mass tourism requires convenient access. Even as exporters and importers pressed the “rights of passage” (captured in Confederation’s promise of “continuous steam communication” with the Mainland), tourism promoters began to incorporate the “rites …
Moving natures
Does academia really need yet another collection of scholarly essays gleaned from a conference or workshop? In the case of Moving Natures, yes.Moving Natures presents a familiar collage for such to
Allied Power
The Greater Gulf
The Macdonalds of Panmure Island and the Challenge of Change on Prince Edward Island, 1805–1919
The Macdonald family business dynasty on Prince Edward Island, Canada, spanned the long nineteenth century, the most transformative period in the province’s history, as European settlement progressively replaced its old growth forest with pastoral countryside and exploited the small island’s terrestrial and marine resources. From its origins in a wide-open, frontier environment through the economic stagnation of the post-Confederation era, the sh…
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