Fishing measures : a critique of desk-bound reason / Daniel Banoub.

Fishing measures : a critique of desk-bound reason / Daniel Banoub.

By
Banoub, Daniel.

Publication Date
2021

Publication Information
St. John's, N.L. : Memorial University Press,

Volume
no. 89

Physical Description
xiii, 263 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Cod fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 19th century.
 
Cod fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
 
Science and state -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Series
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES ;
 
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES (ST. JOHN'S, N.L.) ;

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
Fishing Measures investigates the introduction and development of fisheries science to Newfoundland's saltfishery between the 1880s and 1930s. It demonstrates a shift in fishing expertise and authority in the organization of the saltfishery, from embodied fisher's knowledge governed by colonial authority to modern scientific state management. It situates this shift in the history of capitalism, by showing how the development of abstract scientific knowledge is an integral component of the development of capitalist value relations. Through theoretically-sensitive archival research, Fishing Measures trawls a variety of sources to document the introduction of scientific knowledge to all phases of saltfish production: from extraction to processing to consumption. The empirical sections of the book document scientific developments in artificial propagation, the knowledge of life-history and movements of cod, curing techniques, and cod liver oil production. The introduction and conclusion contextualize this narrative in a subterranean school of political economy known as form analysis. Fishing Measures contributes to contemporary debates regarding the relationship between capitalism, the environment, and science.

Language
English

ISBN
9781894725972


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