Twentieth-century Newfoundland: ExplorationsJames Hiller, Peter Neary Breakwater Books, 1994 - 373 sider Twentieth Century Newfoundland: Explorations brings together ten papers by eight well-known historians of Newfoundland and Labrador. The papers address a wide variety of subject matter and open many avenues for further research. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography on the Newfoundland and Labrador in the Twentieth century. This bibliography is organized by topic and will serve the needs of the general reader and specialists alike. Twentieth Century Newfoundland: Explorations highlight the scope and complexity of present day writing about the history of Newfoundland and Labrador. James Hiller, Professor of History at Memorial University and author of a number of articles on Newfoundland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Peter Neary, Professor of History at the University of Weste Ontario and the author of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World, 1929-1949(1998). |
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Preface | 9 |
11 | 39 |
Luring Americans | 47 |
the Political | 79 |
The Commission of Governments Land Settlement | 123 |
Newfoundlands | 153 |
Immigration Policy 190049 | 176 |
the Fisheries | 239 |
The Interplay of Private and Public Enterprise in | 273 |
the 197172 Newfoundland Example | 297 |
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