Rough and Plenty : A Memorial /

"The author was a commercial fisher in Nova Scotia in the early 1990s and witnessed first-hand the collapse of Canada's East Coast fishery. His book examines the parallels between his experience and that of 19th-century crofters from the same area who, with their entire communities, suffer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rogers, Raymond Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rogers, Raymond Albert.
Fishery closures.
Fishers > Economic conditions.
Fishers.
Fisheries > Economic aspects.
Fisheries.
Fishery closures > Nova Scotia.
Fisheries > Economic aspects > Nova Scotia.
Fishers > Nova Scotia > Economic conditions.
Fisheries > Nova Scotia.
Fishers > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Nova Scotia.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The author was a commercial fisher in Nova Scotia in the early 1990s and witnessed first-hand the collapse of Canada's East Coast fishery. His book examines the parallels between his experience and that of 19th-century crofters from the same area who, with their entire communities, suffered dispossession and the imposition of new ways of life, all in the name of economic progress."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781771124379

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