Lives and Landscapes: A Photographic Memoir of Outport Newfoundland and Labrador, 1949-1963

Elmer Harp Jr

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2003

Lives and Landscapes

A Photographic Memoir of Outport Newfoundland and Labrador, 1949-1963

Elmer Harp Jr

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773570894

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About this book

In the late 1940s Elmer Harp, a young PhD candidate at Harvard, began the first of five summers of exploration along the coast of the Strait of Belle Isle.

Author / Editor information

Harp Jr Elmer :

Elmer Harp Jr. (1913-2009) was professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, a department which he founded in 1967. His thirty-five-year career included numerous expeditions to the central and eastern Canadian Arctic, as well as work in Alaska.
M.A.P. Renouf is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Canada Research Chair in North Atlantic Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland. For the past 27 years the primary focus of her archaeological research has been Port au Choix and elsewhere on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland.

Reviews

"A fine observer's experiences and a wonderful snapshot of time and place that combines local history, geography, archaeology, and photography into a fascinating sketch of a transitional period of northwestern Newfoundland history. Harp's descriptions of

"This book is a delight, and can be appreciated on several levels. It gives a brief course on Northern Peninsula prehistory and on the years when the area was a new part of Canada. Early peoples and mid-twentieth-century people lived on the same land. The

"Visually stunning and elegantly written narrative … Harp has transcended the role of scholar and emerged as photographer and storyteller. This book is worthy of shelf-sharing with other Newfoundland classics. It is easy to read, has no jargon, and is highly recommended as a resource book for the general public and academics alike." Latonia Hartery, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Elmer Harp Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Editor’s Introduction: Newfoundland Outports M.A.P. Renouf Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Part One: 1949 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part Two: 1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part Three: The 1960s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 200 colour photos and illustrations

eBook

Published: May 9, 2003
ISBN: 9780773570894