LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Maritimes, John Cabot, Liminality

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

United states, northern france, parts of germany: early 1800"s. Glory: war between the french, english, and aboriginals. Business of extracting and acquiring resource commodities in order to sell to an external market (innis) Dominated early economies as did military might. Maritime provinces known for population of fish. Quite thick full of fish john cabot early 1400"s. Ships coming in would move past these at the time. Had no problem in getting people to work. Get up early and get the best spot. Would not arrive until husband had settled down. Town development would indicate best fishing spots. First real settlements in canada (portugal cove) Fish prices: only merchants would know, not fishers. Debt: expensive to get started (flaking, housing, boats, equipment) Not a lot of connection to world: Culture differs: live there for generations, accents differ, surviving winter. Metal products, pots, and weapons (fighting wars) Waited for aboriginals to come to trade near ports.