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Author McKenzie, Matthew G., author

Title Breaking the banks : representations and realities in New England fisheries, 1866-1966 / Matthew McKenzie
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages)
Series Environmental history of the Northeast
Environmental history of the Northeast.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Mobilizing a Tradition: Gloucester and the Demise of the Schooner Fishery, 1866-1892; Chapter 2. The Benefits of Modern Fishing: Boston and the Birth of Heavy Trawling, 1905-1925; Chapter 3. Masking Industrial Realities: Schooner Racing, Industrial Fishing, and Federal Aid, 1919-1939; Chapter 4. Reinventing Tradition: New England Embraces Industrial Fishing; Chapter 5. The Consequences of Modern Fishing: Stock Declines, Labor Unrest, and International Competition
Chapter 6. Invoking the Past, Ignoring the Present, Compromising the FutureConclusion; Notes; Index; Back Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 07, 2018)
Subject Fisheries -- New England -- History -- 19th century
Fisheries -- New England -- History -- 20th century
Haddock fisheries -- New England -- History
Fisheries.
Fisheries
fisheries.
Fisheries
Haddock fisheries
New England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018024507
ISBN 1613766386
9781613766392
1613766394
9781613766385
Other Titles Representations and realities in New England fisheries, 1866-1966