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Synopsis
"Living on the edge" implies insecurity. On the surface, the people of the Great Northern Peninsula must be marginal Canadians for they live in an isolated area where incomes are low and unemployment high. So why do people stay? How do they cope with life on the margins of an advanced industrial society? The editors and the contributing anthropologists and sociologists try to answer these questions by looking at key attitudes and aspects of the social structure. In addition to analysis of the area's economic base in the fishery, this book deals with the informal economy, the division of labour in households, women's local political action, youth unemployment, and the complex and enduring strategies through which residents not only survive in this harsh environment, but create a relatively satisfying lifestyle.
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Lawrence Felt is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University. He earned a doctorate in Sociology and Health Policy from Northwestern University. During this career he has researched issues of development and change in rural Newfoundland, Iceland, and other North Atlantic Societies. Along with Dr. Barbara Neis he has completed a study of fishery workers' ecological knowledge and its relationship to fisheries science (funded by the Tri-Council and SSHRC).
Peter R. Sinclair is a Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He contributed in the Tri-Council ecosystem project on "Sustainability in a Changing Cold-Ocean Coastal Environment" and the project "Just Fish: Ethics in Canadian Marine Fisheries." He has published widely on social power, environmental issues, and resource-dependent regions.
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Living on the Edge: The Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland (Social and Economic Papers)
Edité par
ISER Books, 1995
ISBN 10 : 0919666841
ISBN 13 : 9780919666849
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Soft cover
Vendeur : Cape Breton Regional Library, Sydney, NS, Canada
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean throughout. Boards are covered with vinyl polyester laminate for protective purposes. Although a library item, it only circulated a few times. Former library book with usual library stamps, labels, and markings. (Please note any image provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and do not match the covers of the actual item.). N° de réf. du vendeur 11600
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