Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843
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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the North West and Hudson's Bay companies extended their operations to the Pacific Ocean, where, with the aid of Native traders, they branched out into farming, fishing, logging, and mining. Mackie shows how the well-capitalized Hudson's Bay Company created a regional economy on the Pacific coast and documents how the Native people played a part in the emerging economy and how, in myriad ways, they paid...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0774805595
ISBN13:9780774805599
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:UBC Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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