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Abstract: In 1965 Memorial University recruited the young historian Keith Matthews, hoping he would both conduct research on the West of England–Newfoundland fishery and collect archival material for the university. He fulfilled this dual mandate, and his work was an important part of an important h...

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Published in:Canadian Historical Review
Main Author: Webb, Jeff A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2010
Subjects:
Religious studies
History
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/chr.91.2.315
https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/chr.91.2.315
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spelling crunivtoronpr:10.3138/chr.91.2.315 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 CHR Forum Revisiting Fence Building: Keith Matthews and Newfoundland Historiography Webb, Jeff A. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/chr.91.2.315 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/chr.91.2.315 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Historical Review volume 91, issue 2, page 315-338 ISSN 0008-3755 1710-1093 Religious studies History journal-article 2010 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/chr.91.2.315 2023-12-01T08:18:19Z Abstract: In 1965 Memorial University recruited the young historian Keith Matthews, hoping he would both conduct research on the West of England–Newfoundland fishery and collect archival material for the university. He fulfilled this dual mandate, and his work was an important part of an important historiographic shift. Matthews's break with a 175-year-old interpretation was marked by a highly original essay, ‘Historical Fence Building,’ which subsequent historians have read back into his 1968 thesis. This essay examines his training and the context at Memorial that shaped his career, arguing that because of the persuasiveness of Matthews's later historiographic critique the continuity between his thesis and earlier works is greater than is often recognized. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Historical Review 91 2 315 338
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History
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