Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Now Our Masters Have No Borders 1
6. I’se the B’y That Leaves the Boats: The Changing World of Work
7. Sucking the Mother Dry: The Fisheries 33
8. “Acceptable Levels of Risk”: Mining and Offshore Oil 55
9. Uncivil Servitude: The Service Sector 87
10. Conclusion to Section One 99
11. “About as Far from Disneyland as You Can Possibly Get”: The Reshaping of Culture
12. “The Simpler and More Colourful Way of Life” 105
13. Rebuffing the Gaze 137
14. The Age of Sale: History, Globalization, and Commodification
15. “A ‘Sea-Change’ of Sorts”: Newfoundland and Labrador 173
16. “A Place That Didn’t Count Any More”: The Maritimes 217
17. Conclusion to Section Three 233
18. Conclusion: Speculative Fiction for the Rest of the Country? 237
19. Notes 249
20. Works Cited 255
21. Photo Credits 269
22. Index 271