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Breaking the banks : representations and realities in New England fisheries, 1866-1966 / Matthew McKenzie.

Van Pelt Library SH221.5.N4 M35 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McKenzie, Matthew G., author.
Series:
Environmental history of the Northeast
Environmental history of the northeast
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fisheries--New England--History--19th century.
Fisheries.
Fisheries--New England--History--20th century.
Haddock fisheries--New England--History.
Haddock fisheries.
History.
New England.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiii, 208 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Other Title:
Representations and realities in New England fisheries, 1866-1966
Place of Publication:
Amherst and Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Mobilizing a Tradition Gloucester and the Demise of the Schooner Fishery, 1866-1892 p. 13
Chapter 2 The Benefits of Modern Fishing Boston and the Birth of Heavy Trawling, 1905-1925 p. 36
Chapter 3 Masking Industrial Realities Schooner Racing, Industrial Fishing, and Federal Aid, 1919-1939 p. 61
Chapter 4 Reinventing Tradition New England Embraces Industrial Fishing p. 95
Chapter 5 The Consequences of Modern Fishing Stock Declines, Labor Unrest, and International Competition p. 117
Chapter 6 Invoking the Past, Ignoring the Present, Compromising the Future p. 137.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: McKenzie, Matthew G., author. Breaking the banks
ISBN:
9781625343918
1625343914
9781625343901
1625343906
OCLC:
1032662561

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