Miriam Wright: 2 books
A Fishery for Modern Times
The State and the Industrialization of the Newfoundland Fishery, 1934-1968
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2001
In the early 1990s, the northern cod populations off the coast of Newfoundland had become so depleted that the federal government placed a moratorium on commercial fishing. The impact was devastating, both for Newfoundland's economy and for local fishing communities. Today, although this natural resource...
All the Women in My Family Sing
Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
All the Women in My Family Sing is an anthology documenting the experiences of women of color at the dawn of the twenty-first century. It is a vital collection of prose and poetry whose topics range from the pressures of being the vice-president of a Fortune 500 Company, to escaping the killing fields...