From outpost to outport : a structural analysis of the Jersey-Gaspé cod fishery, 1767-1886 / Rosemary E. Ommer
1991, 1st edition. Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #388943
ISBN: 0773507302
Physical description; 245 pp. : illustrations. Contents; Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: ORIGINS AND STRUCTURE OF THE TRADE -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 Production and Markets: The Fishery at Gaspe -- 3 Organization at the Jersey Core -- 4 The Merchant Triangle in Action -- PART TWO: CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRADE -- 5 Consequences of the Trade: Gaspe -- 6 Consequences of the Trade: Jersey -- 7 The Collapse of the Merchant Triangle -- 8 Conclusion: On Colonial Staple Trades -- Notes -- Bibliography. Subjects; Fish trade Québec (Province) Gaspé History. Cod fisheries Economic. Poisson (Aliment) Commerce.
Price: €75.00