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Cantwells' Way examines the relationship between people, place and technology at the Cape Spear Lightstation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Lightkeepers and their families were often the vanguards of technological change in their communities. Modern lighthouses and fog alarms, for example, were products of the new understandings of light and sound that emerged from the Scientific Revolution. But lightkeepers and their families still engaged in, and relied on, traditional practices, such as gardening and berry picking, that were part of the informal economy of rural Newfoundland. Life at the Cape Spear Lightstation therefore reflected the underlying duality of Newfoundland society in the period.

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Contents Preface Let There Be Light Quite a Peculiar Branch of Business A Man of Parts: Life and Labour to 1914 The Dying of the Light Of Lightstations and Flower Petals Epilogue: They Lifted Up the Sun

Cantwells' Way: A Natural History of the Cape

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      Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/06/2014
      ISBN13: 9781552666722, 978-1552666722
      ISBN10: 1552666727

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Cantwells' Way examines the relationship between people, place and technology at the Cape Spear Lightstation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Lightkeepers and their families were often the vanguards of technological change in their communities. Modern lighthouses and fog alarms, for example, were products of the new understandings of light and sound that emerged from the Scientific Revolution. But lightkeepers and their families still engaged in, and relied on, traditional practices, such as gardening and berry picking, that were part of the informal economy of rural Newfoundland. Life at the Cape Spear Lightstation therefore reflected the underlying duality of Newfoundland society in the period.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Preface Let There Be Light Quite a Peculiar Branch of Business A Man of Parts: Life and Labour to 1914 The Dying of the Light Of Lightstations and Flower Petals Epilogue: They Lifted Up the Sun

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