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The French shore problem in Newfoundland : an imperial study.

The story of the French shore problems is not merely concerned with international treaties which both Britain and France interpreted to their advantage, but is also much of the story of Newfoundland's emergence from Imperial proscription.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, Frric F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, 1961.
Series:Canadian studies in history and government ; 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. THE ANGLO-FRENCH FISHERY IN NEWFOUNDLAND BEFORE 1832; 2. THE FRENCH AND A NASCENT COLONY; 3. OCEANIA AND THE TREATY COAST; 4. THE BAIT ACT: COLONIAL SELF-ASSERTION; 5. THE LOBSTER MODUS VIVENDI; 6. THE KNUTSFORD BILL; 7. ASSESSMENT AND ATTRITION; 8. THE MIDDLE WAY; APPENDIXES; 1. Initial Agreements Relevant to the Treaty Shore; 2. Lobster Modus Vivendi, 1890; 3. "Knutsford Bill"; 4. The Permanent Bill; 5. The Newfoundland French Treaties Act; 6. Convention ... Respecting Newfoundland, and West and Central Africa; 7. British Permanent Officials; MAPS
  • General mapFrench and American shores; North Atlantic fishing banks and principal baiting areas; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX