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Titolo: | The fur trade revisited [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers of the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1991 / / Jennifer S.H. Brown, W.J. Eccles and Donald P. Heldman, editors |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (571 p.) |
Disciplina: | 380.1/456753/0971 |
Soggetto topico: | Fur trade - North America - History |
Altri autori: | BrownJennifer S. H. <1940-> EcclesW. J (William John) HeldmanDonald P |
Note generali: | "Carte de l'Amérique Septentrionale" on endpapers. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Transatlantic fur trade markets and entrepreneurs -- pt. 2. Native people and changing trade relations -- pt. 3. Becoming a trader : origins, lives, and survival -- pt. 4. The fur trade at Mackinac -- pt. 5. Archaeology and material culture -- pt. 6. Into the twentieth century -- pt. 7. Fur trade literature and interpretation : issues and problems. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The Fur Trade Revisited is a collection of twenty-eight essays selected from the more than fifty presentations made at the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference held on Mackinac Island, Michigan, in the fall of 1991. Essays contained in this important new interpretive work focus on the history, archaeology, and literature of a fascinating, growing area of scholarly investigation. Underscoring the work's multifaceted approach is an introductory essay by Lily McAuley titled ""Memories of a Trapper's Daughter."" This vivid and compelling account of the fur-trade life sets a level of quality |
Titolo autorizzato: | The fur trade revisited |
ISBN: | 0-87013-912-6 |
0-585-25198-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778968603321 |
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