LEADER 04355nam 2200649 450 001 9910459931903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8020-2699-0 010 $a1-4426-5740-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442657403 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371154 035 $a(EBL)3296734 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001420410 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12529709 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420410 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11403807 035 $a(PQKB)10281760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670184 035 $a(CEL)449406 035 $a(OCoLC)903440981 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00916134 035 $a(DE-B1597)465581 035 $a(OCoLC)999372293 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442657403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256698 035 $a(OCoLC)958564979 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371154 100 $a20160921h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Canadian fur trade in the industrial age /$fArthur J. Ray 210 1$aToronto, Ontario ;$aBuffalo, New York ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1990. 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a0-8020-6743-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFIGURES AND TABLES --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$t1. Does the fur trade have a future? --$t2. Laying the groundwork for government involvement, 1870-1885 --$t3. The fur trade in transition, 1886-1913 --$t4. The turning point: the impact of the First World War on the northern fur trade --$t5. The international marketing of Canadian furs, 1920-1945 --$t6. The struggle for dominance in the Canadian north during the 1920's --$t7. Attempts to revitalize the Hudson's Bay Company's Fur Trade Department, 1920-1945 --$t8. The native people, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the state in the industrial fur trade, 1920-1945 --$t9. The decline of the old order --$tNOTES --$tAPPENDIX Figure references and data notes --$tPicture credits --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThroughout much of the nineteenth century the Hudson's Bay Company had a virtual monopoly on the core area of the fur trade in Canada. Its products were the object of intense competition among merchants on two continents - in Leipzig, New York, London, Winnipeg, St Louis, and Montreal. But in 1870 things began to change, and by the end of the Second World War the company's share had dropped to about a quarter of the trade. Arthur Ray explores the decades of transition, the economic and technological changes that shaped them, and their impact on the Canadian north and its people. Among the developments that affected the fur trade during this period were innovations in transportation and communication; increased government involvement in business, conservation, and native economic welfare; and the effects of two severe depressions (1873-95 and 1929-38) and two world wars. The Hudson's Bay Company, confronting the first of these changes as early as 1871, embarked on a diversification program that was intended to capitalize on new economic opportunities in land development, retailing, and resource ventures. Meanwhile it continued to participate in its traditional sphere of operations. But the company's directors had difficulty keeping pace with the rapid changes that were taking place in the fur trade, and the company began to lose ground. Ray's study is the first to make extensive use of the Hudson's Bay Company archives dealing with the period between 1870 and 1945. These and other documents reveal a great deal about the decline of the company, and thus about a key element in the history of the modern Canadian fur trade. 606 $aFur trade$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aIndians of North America$zCanada$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFur trade$xHistory. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a971.201 700 $aRay$b Arthur J.$0835462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459931903321 996 $aCanadian fur trade in the industrial age$91867380 997 $aUNINA