The New England Fishing Economy: Jobs, Income, and Kinship

by Philip I. Moss, Peter B. Doeringer, David G. Terkla, et al.

This is a book about the fishing industry in New England--its structure, its work, and the way it adjusts to change. It documents the recent economic experience of one of America's oldest industries, on that has recently been at the center of well-publicized boundary and trade disputes. The study blends customary sources of economic data with field interviews, original survey material, and analyses of economic institutions to provide a timely picture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870235354
• ISBN13: 9780870235351
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 160 Pages