Contested and Dangerous Seas

"[T]his is an informative and engaging case study of two historic fishing regions facing the dramatic changes caused by industrialization in the North Atlantic fishery. It is a complex story, with many layers to be explored, and Davis contributes important new insights on how the people working on the trawlers, in addition to their families and communities, responded to threats to their livelihoods. It is a much-needed perspective . . ."—American Historical Review

"A cogent, timely, and thorough study of two regions whose fishing industry, through very different routes, declined at the same time."—Matthew McKenzie, author of Breaking the Banks: Representations and Realities in New England Fisheries, 1866–1966

"Davis has made commendable efforts to broaden his perspective from fishing itself to the communities in which the fishers were based . . . the work that Davis and other researchers into fisheries, fish workers and their communities [have undertaken] is important and valuable far outside narrow academic concerns."—International Journal of Maritime History