Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction, “Makers of History”

One, “An Accomplished Fact”

Two, “What We Were Promised”

Three, “A Province Fit for Heroes”

Four, “The New Unionism”

Five, “On the Line”

Epilogue, “Honour the Past. Build the Future”

Appendix

Notes

About the Author

David Frank teaches Canadian history at the Universityof New Brunswick in Fredericton. A former editor of the journal ofAtlantic regional history, Acadiensis, he has publishednumerous studies in Canadian history, including Labour Landmarks inNew Brunswick / Lieux historiques ouvriers au Nouveau-Brunswick(with Nicole Lang). His classic study of Cape Breton coal miners,J. B. McLachlan: A Biography, received several historical andliterary awards, including the 1999 Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction)and, in 2000, the John W. Dafoe Book Prize.