@Article{er06-012, author = {Freeman, Thomas Walter}, title = {Inishbofin: an Atlantic island}, journal = {Economic Geography}, year = {1958}, publisher = {Clark University}, address = {Worcester, Mass}, volume = {Vol. 34}, pages = {202--209}, keywords = {Country life; Ireland; Social life and customs; Rural Irish; Eireanneach; Land use; Public welfare; Settlement patterns; External migration; Domesticated animals}, abstract = {This is a brief examination of the economic geography of an island off the northwest coast of County Galway. The focus is on fishing and potato farming, the landscape, and the settlement pattern and population. The author notes that the relative comfort of the population was made possible only by government assistance; the island is not self-supporting under modern economic conditions.}, note = {T. W. Freeman}, note = {LOC search performed 4 april 2011; abstract entered 10/12/04;also included in E11; scanned for converter 18 December 2012.}, issn = {2005-204733}, url = {https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=er06-012}, language = {English} note = {Accessed on: 2022-06-25} }