In 1766 Gasp??? became an outpost of the Jersey metropole; in 1886 the Channel island of Jersey abandoned the region, reducing Gasp???, on Quebec's Atlantic coast, to Canadian outport status. From Outpost to Outport provides a structural and theoretical examination of the economic relationship between Jersey and Gasp???, explaining the development of codfish as a staple which, under merchant capital, secured success for Jersey at the expense of underdevelopment in Gasp???.
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In 1766 Gasp??? became an outpost of the Jersey metropole; in 1886 the Channel island of Jersey abandoned the region, reducing Gasp???, on Quebec's Atlantic coast, to Canadian outport status. From Outpost to Outport provides a structural and theoretical examination of the economic relationship between Jersey and Gasp???, explaining the development of codfish as a staple which, under merchant capital, secured success for Jersey at the expense of underdevelopment in Gasp???.
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