| Summary: | Isolated Communities, A Study of a Labrador Fishung Village General historical data. Pioneers from France -- The Normans -- Jacques Cartier -- The Recollets -- The Franciscans -- A floating population -- Woman at first not brought over -- Woman a pivot of home life and a culture carrier -- Religious zeal typical of XVII century Europe: its continuance in the New World -- The Jesuits and their influence on the colons -- Wars with English, ending with British domination -- Later arrivals from the Channel Islands -- The Jerseymen -- Settlers from western Quebec -- The land, the sea, and the people; general survey of the north shore of the St. Lawrence River; physical data; the three ecologic zones. Tadoussac to Betsiamites: agriculture -- Betsiamites to Sept Iles: lumbering and hunting -- Sept Iles to Blanc Sablon: fishing and trapping -- Zone III the domain of the present study -- Gross ecology and central activity pattern of zone III -- Census listing settlements of the North Shore, with their approximate distances from Quebec and from one another, and the populations and central activity patterns of each -- The land, the sea, and the people; organization of the community of Blanc Sablon; Labradorian communities. The four classes in Labrador -- Sizes of Labradorian communities determined by physical and economic factors -- Chart showing organization pattern of Blanc Sablon -- Brador (Brad d'Or) -- Interdependence of Blanc Sablon and Longue Pointe -- The annual socio-economic cycle of zone III technology. The cod industry -- Socio-economic participation -- Cod-liver oil -- Washing of cod -- Berry picking -- Drying of cod -- Herring fishing -- Wood gathering -- The dog culture complex -- Trapping and hunting -- Sealing -- "Barking" or tanning of seal-hides -- Resumé of annual socio-economic cycle -- Social organization, cohesion and interaction operating within Blanc Sablon. Population inventory by age and sex -- Household composition and kinship -- The six integrations -- The small family -- The "sib" -- The ...
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