The Decay of Trade
An Economic History of the Newfoundland Saltfish Trade, 1935-1965
- Publisher
- ISER Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1977
- Category
- International Trade
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919666160
- Publish Date
- Jan 1977
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
A detailed enquiry into the decline of a once-great industry situated on one of the world's richest fishery banks. The impact of post-war international monetary and trade factors, the growing continental orientation of Canadian economic policies, political tensions within and between Newfoundland and Canada, persistent problems of high unemployment, low incomes and the loss of production to foreign fishing fleets, all contributed to the trade's collapse.
About the author
David Alexander recently released his second chapbook, Modern Warfare, from Anstruther Press. Alexander’s poems have appeared in journals such as Lemon Hound, Poetry is Dead, and The Malahat Review and were shortlisted for the Walrus Poetry Prize (2014), Arc’s Poem of The Year (2014) and the Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award (2016). Poems from After the Hatching Oven have appeared in subTerrain, CV2 and The Puritan. He lives in Toronto, ON.