Retrenchment and regeneration in rural Newfoundland /

"Set against the background of momentous economic changes over the last decade, this collection of essays looks at the economic, political, and social circumstances that have led to the current crisis in rural Newfoundland. In this timely work, twelve social scientists explore outporters'...

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Other Authors: Byron, Reginald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Moral Economy of Retrenchment and Regeneration in the History of Rural Newfoundland
  • 2 A Decade of Uncertainty and Tenacity in Northwest Newfoundland
  • 3 Why Fish Stocks Collapse: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Problem of 'Fishing Up'
  • 4 No Clearcutting in My Backyard! Competing Visions of the Forest in Northern Newfoundland
  • 5 The Professionalization of Inshore Fishers
  • 6 Women's Rights, Community Survival, and the Fisheries Cooperative of Fogo Island
  • 7 In the Beginning: Region, Crisis, and Occupational Choice among Newfoundland's Youth8 Moving Back and Moving In: Migration and the Structuring of Bonavista
  • 9 Does Community Really Matter in Newfoundland and Labrador? The Need for Supportive Capacity in the New Regional Economic Development