The French Shore Problem in Newfoundland : An Imperial Study / Frederic F. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Frederic F., Author.

Series:

Canadian studies in history and government ; 2.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishery law and legislation--Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fishery law and legislation.

Newfoundland and Labrador--History.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland and Labrador--International status.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The story of the French shore problems is not merely concerned with international treaties which both Britain and France interpreted to their advantage, but is also much of the story of Newfoundland's emergence from Imperial proscription.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. THE ANGLO-FRENCH FISHERY IN NEWFOUNDLAND BEFORE 1832; 2. THE FRENCH AND A NASCENT COLONY; 3. OCEANIA AND THE TREATY COAST; 4. THE BAIT ACT: COLONIAL SELF-ASSERTION; 5. THE LOBSTER MODUS VIVENDI; 6. THE KNUTSFORD BILL; 7. ASSESSMENT AND ATTRITION; 8. THE MIDDLE WAY; APPENDIXES; 1. Initial Agreements Relevant to the Treaty Shore; 2. Lobster Modus Vivendi, 1890; 3. "Knutsford Bill"; 4. The Permanent Bill; 5. The Newfoundland French Treaties Act; 6. Convention ... Respecting Newfoundland, and West and Central Africa; 7. British Permanent Officials; MAPS

General mapFrench and American shores; North Atlantic fishing banks and principal baiting areas; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Reprinted in 2018.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8411-3

OCLC:

1129158680