Suzanne Morton

Contested Catch

Lobster, Localism, and Canada's Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the lobster fishery in Canada has been shaped by evolving technologies, changing markets, shifting ideas about state governance, and the nature of lobsters themselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• ISBN-13: 9781487571825
• ISBN-10: 1487571828
• Artikelnr.: 73936322

Autorenporträt

Suzanne Morton taught Canadian history at McGill University between 1992 and 2025, specializing in gender, the state, and Atlantic Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations and Maps
Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction:  Why Lobsters
1. Lobsters and Those Who Caught Them
2. Lobster Becomes a Commodity
3. Regulating the Lobster Fisher
4. The Politics of Knowledge and the Lobster Question, 1874-1939
5. Rejecting Regulation: Direct Action, Force and New Strategies, 1890s to
1960s
6. The Politics of Lobster and Catching Votes, 1871-1939
7. Lobster Regulation as Social Policy, 1929-1970
Conclusions and Epilogue: Contested Catch
Notes
Index