Eighteenth Century Newfoundland: A Geographer's Perspective 9780773595507

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Eighteenth Century Newfoundland: A Geographer's Perspective
9780773595507

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C. Grant Head

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Dedication
Preface
Part One: The Late Seventeenth Century
1. The Fishery at Newfoundland
2. A Question of Year-Round Habitation
Part Two: 1675-1775
3. The Narrative, 1675-1775
4. Resource Exploitation
5. The Resident Population
6. Supplies
Part Three: Newfoundland in the 1760s and Early 1770s
7. Newfoundland in the 1760s and Early 1770s
Part Four: 1775-1820
8. Impact of the American Revolutionary War
9. Interwar Expansion and Collapse
10. Rise of the Residents and New Pressures on Resources
11. Newfoundland in the Early Nineteenth Century
General Conclusion
Appendix: Newfoundland Diet and Food-Consuming Units
Bibliography
Finding Aid for Yearly Statistics

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