Hope and Deception in Conception Bay / / Sean Cadigan.

In late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Newfoundland, the evolution to colonial self-government within the empire was accompanied by an economic transition from a migratory to a residential fishery. This was the beginning of the modern liberal order for Newfoundland.The standard view is that...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1995
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: The Chimera of Newfoundland History
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One: Setting and Context
  • Introduction
  • 1. Political Economy of the Resident Fishery
  • Part Two: The Household Fishery
  • 2. Fishing Households and Family Labour
  • 3. Household Agriculture
  • 4. Women in Household Production
  • Part Three: Fishing People and Merchants
  • 5. The Legal Regime of the Fishery
  • 6. Truck as Paternal Accommodation
  • Part Four: The Chimera
  • 7. Agriculture and Government Relief
  • 8. Liberals and the Law
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: The Law of Wage and Lien
  • Appendix B: Selection of Court Record Evidence
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index