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1949 : the twilight before the dawn / Jack Fitzgerald.

by Fitzgerald, Jack, 1945-

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Creative Publishers, 2012.

Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, 1900-1991.

Prime ministers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.

Newfoundland and Labrador -- Annexation to Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

9781897174982 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Nineteen forty-nine : the twilight before the dawn

325 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"When the Maritimes, Canada, and the rest of North America were being colonized; building cities, nations, and generally progressing similar growth in Newfoundland was almost at a standstill. At first, it was the west-country merchants of England who used their political clout to have the British Parliament bar permanent settlement in Newfoundland. These merchants feared that a growing population would threaten their dominance of the Newfoundland fishery. After escaping the shackles of the British merchants, a new group stepped in and implemented its own controls over Newfoundlanders, thus stifling progress for another 100 years. These were the Water Street merchants, who controlled the political and economic structures for their own advantage. They developed an economic system that exploited Newfoundlanders and treated them like feudal serfs until 1933, when its economy and political system collapsed. 1949: The Twilight Before The Dawn is an historic, non-fictional account of the role one man played in breaking the shackles that kept Britain's oldest colony in a state of permanent poverty and who led its people to a knock-down, drag 'em out battle into Confederation and the 20th century--Joseph R. Smallwood. Jack Fitzgerald has been a journalist, a feature writer and political columnist. During the last years of the Smallwood administration he was assistant director of Public Relations with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador"--Provided by publisher.

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