The Rule of the Admirals
eBook - PDF

The Rule of the Admirals

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Rule of the Admirals

About this book

The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Tables, Illustrations, and Appendices
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 The Fishing Admirals System
  8. 3 An Unruly Set of People: The Struggle for Judicial Authority
  9. 4 The Establishment of Naval Government
  10. 5 A Fief of the Admiralty: Newfoundland under Naval Rule
  11. 6 Using Mercy and Terror: The Patterns of Criminal Justice
  12. 7 Enforcing the Social Order: Punishment in a Fishing Society
  13. 8 The Fall of Naval Government
  14. 9 Conclusion
  15. Notes on Primary Sources
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography of Primary Sources
  18. Index