From Outpost to Outport

Download or read book From Outpost to Outport 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. 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.