From Outpost to Outport
Download or Read eBook From Outpost to Outport PDF written by Rosemary E. Ommer and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1991 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rosemary E. Ommer |
| Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0773507302 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780773507302 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Outpost to Outport by : Rosemary E. Ommer
Book excerpt: In 1766 Gaspé became an outpost of the Jersey metropole; in 1886 the Channel island of Jersey abandoned the region, reducing Gaspé, on Quebec's Atlantic coast, to Canadian outport status. From Outpost to Outport provides a structural and theoretical examination of the economic relationship between Jersey and Gaspé, explaining the development of codfish as a staple which, under merchant capital, secured success for Jersey at the expense of underdevelopment in Gaspé.
