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Record Nr.

UNISA996248280203316

Autore

Ray Arthur J.

Titolo

Indians in the fur trade : their role as trappers, hunters, and middlemen in the lands southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870 : with a new introduction / / Arthur J. Ray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , [1998]

Ottawa, Ontario : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2015

ISBN

1-4426-5601-8

0-8020-6226-1

0-8020-4133-7

1-4426-2345-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

971.00497

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Canada

Indians of North America - Commerce - Canada

Indigenous peoples - Canada

Indigenous peoples - Commerce - Canada

Fur trade - Canada

Northwest, Canadian History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1974.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Trade rivalries, inter-tribal warfare, and migration -- Land and life in the western interior before 1763 -- Traders and middlemen -- Arms, brandy, beads, and sundries -- Migrations, epidemics, and population changes, 1763-1821 -- The destruction of fur and game animals -- New economic opportunities -- Economic dependency and the fur trade: contrasting trends -- Land and life: a changing mosaic -- The changing demographic picture after 1821 -- Declining opportunities in a changing fur trade -- End of a way of life.

Sommario/riassunto

A classic study of the Assiniboine and western Cree Indians who inhabited southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan between 1660 and 1870. The second edition contains a new preface and an update on all



sources.