The Development of the Pacific salmon-canning industry : a grown man's game / edited and with an introduction by Dianne Newell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newell, Dianne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salmon canning industry--British Columbia--History.

Salmon canning industry.

Canned fish industry--British Columbia--History.

Canned fish industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Doyle (1874-1961) was founder and first general manager of a major consolidation of packing companies, British Columbia Packers Association (established in 1902), which became British Columbia Packers Ltd., one of the few pioneer fish-packing companies that remains viable today. He was recognised by friends and enemies alike as the unofficial industry historian not only for British Columbia but also for Alaska and the Pacific US coastal states. Doyle was a vora-cious collector of "intelligence," whose extensive papers, now stored in the archives of the University of British Columbia, constitute the only comprehensive insider's history of the rise of the industry. Newell has culled this collection of documents for revealing highlights, important trends, and events within this profitable industry. These documents are reproduced in the text and are supported by editorial essays, annotations, a statistical appendix, and a lengthy glossary of historical terms. The result is an intriguing combination of both the personal and the scholarly view of this industry through its most exciting and critical years.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Henry Doyle and the Formation of British Columbia Packers Association""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Scramble for Control""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Expansion and diversification""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: War and Post-War Depression""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Winners and Losers""; ""EPILOGUE: Keeping the Record""; ""Appendix""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Notes""

""Bibliography""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85143-8

9786612851438

0-7735-6216-8