Professor Fay relates the economic history of Newfoundland to the seafaring and commercial background of the Island's first inhabitants. Many parallels can be drawn between life in early Newfoundland and in the west of England where the enterprises which first discovered Newfoundland and its resources were founded. Despite legal restrictions on the growth of permanent settlements, Newfoundland developed inexorably from a simple fishery to a full-fledged colony. And just as Newfoundland could not help its progression from fishery to established settlement, so today it is inevitably pressing towards industrial maturity.
The material in this volume is based upon a series of lectures first delivered in 1953 at Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland.
Professor Fay relates the economic history of Newfoundland to the seafaring and commercial background of the Island's first inhabitants. Many parallels can be drawn between life in early Newfoundland and in the west of England where the enterprises which first discovered Newfoundland and its resources were founded. Despite legal restrictions on the growth of permanent settlements, Newfoundland developed inexorably from a simple fishery to a full-fledged colony. And just as Newfoundland could not help its progression from fishery to established settlement, so today it is inevitably pressing towards industrial maturity.
The material in this volume is based upon a series of lectures first delivered in 1953 at Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland.
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Life and Labour in Newfoundland: Based on Lectures delivered at the Memorial University of Newfoundland
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ISBN-13: | 9781487598495 |
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Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
Publication date: | 12/15/1956 |
Pages: | 264 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d) |