Matching Articles"Economy" (Total 25)

  • On 10 December 1894, two of Newfoundland and Labrador's three banks closed their doors and never opened them again.
  • After the Commercial and Union Banks ceased operations, Newfoundland and Labrador entered a period of economic, social, and political chaos.
  • about the men and women, such as Naomi Gregory, who came from Newfoundland outports to St. John's to work in domestic service in upper class homes.
  • Hamilton River was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hydro electric projects.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's physical environment greatly influenced the ways settlers made a living during the 19th century. The richness of marine resources encouraged a pattern of coastal settlement and made the cod and seal fisheries central to local economies. In contrast, the relative scarcity of good soils and other terrestrial resources made large-scale farming operations impractical and discouraged year-round habitation of interior spaces.
  • The origin of what is today referred to as traditional society in Newfoundland and Labrador may be traced to a way of life that developed around the inshore fishery in the late 19th century outport.
  • For the first three hundred years after European settlement, the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador depended almost solely on the fisheries
  • An informal economy is one in which people provide for their own needs by engaging in a variety of noncommercial activities
  • A brief history of work and labour, both paid and unpaid, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) were a time of social upheaval in Europe, but brought economic prosperity to Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The growth of land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century helped diversify Newfoundland and Labrador's economy into sectors other than the fishery.
  • Newfoundland's tourism industry dates back to the 1890s, when advances in rail and ocean transportation made the colony more accessible than before.
  • A history of the merchant community in Newfoundland and its effect on trade and commerce
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's outport economy depended not on cash, but on merchant credit for much of the 19th century.
  • The majority of women in Newfoundland by the early 1800s were residents who prosecuted the family-based fishery.
  • Overview of the Women Shop Workers of Water Street.
  • Coming so soon after the massive market collapse of the late 1780s, the Anglo-French wars had a devastating effect on the migratory fishery.
  • The fishery remained the mainstay of the St. Pierre and Miquelon economy during the 19th century.
  • War-time prosperity ended when peacetime conditions, including competition from other North Atlantic fisheries, resumed.
  • The cod fishery continued to dominate the Newfoundland and Labrador economy during the period of naval government despite dramatic changes.