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Autore |
Ray Arthur J. |
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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 |
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Toronto [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , [1998] |
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Ottawa, Ontario : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5601-8 |
0-8020-6226-1 |
0-8020-4133-7 |
1-4426-2345-4 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Canada |
Indians of North America - Commerce - Canada |
Indigenous peoples - Canada |
Indigenous peoples - Commerce - Canada |
Fur trade - Canada |
Northwest, Canadian History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 1974. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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