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Encounters : an anthropological history of southeastern Labrador / John C. Kennedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, John C., 1943- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 77.
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishing villages--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador.
- Fishing villages.
- Labrador (N.L.)--Social conditions.
- Labrador (N.L.).
- Labrador (N.L.)--Economic conditions.
- Labrador (N.L.)--History.
- Genre:
- Libros electronicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (472 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal [Québec] ; Chicago [Illinois] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- A detailed history that challenges conventional understandings of southeastern Labrador.
- Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Environment, prehistory, and European exploitation to 1763
- 2. Labrador merchants
- 3. Captain George Cartwright
- 4. Visiting fishers
- 5. Early settlement
- 6. Survival in the bays and on the headlands
- 7. The state
- 8. The modern herring, whaling, and trapping industries
- 9. Centralization
- 10. Moving people
- 11. Change
- 12. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-438) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780773583443
- 0773583440
- 9780773583436
- 0773583432
- OCLC:
- 909085737
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