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From outpost to outport : a structural analysis of the Jersey-Gaspe cod fishery, 1767-1886 / Rosemary E. Ommer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ommer, Rosemary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fish trade--Quebec (Province)--Gaspe Peninsula--History.
- Fish trade.
- Fish trade--Channel Islands--Jersey--History.
- Cod fisheries--Quebec (Province)--Gaspe Peninsula--History.
- Cod fisheries.
- Gaspé Peninsula (Québec)--Commerce--Channel Islands--Jersey--History.
- Gaspé Peninsula (Québec).
- Jersey--Commerce--Quebec (Province)--Gaspe Peninsula--History.
- Jersey.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using the extensive papers of the firm Charles Robin and Company of Jersey and Paspebiac, and the records of the Jersey mercantile establishment, Rosemary Ommer presents a detailed case study of commodity trade, uncovering the development, function, and strengths and weaknesses of all aspects of the fishery. Her analysis clearly reveals a functional three-point trading system: production in Gaspé, management in Jersey, and markets in the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and Brazil. Employing a new set of methodologies developed for this study, Ommer is able to escape the myopic perspective of works which assume that staple-based development comprises only "good" and "bad" staples that inevitably lead to development and underdevelopment respectively. She has instead produced a rich and complex analysis which broadens our understanding of colonial staple development and commodity trade and introduces new insights on regional development.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Origins and Structure of the Trade
- Beginnings
- Production and Markets: The fishery at Gaspé
- Organization at the Jersey Core
- The Merchant Triangle in Action
- Consequences of the Trade
- Consequences of the Trade: Gaspé
- Consequences of the Trade: Jersey
- The Collapse of the Merchant Triangle
- Conclusion On Colonial Staple Trades
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85150-0
- 9786612851506
- 0-7735-6227-3
- OCLC:
- 732600684
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