The papers in this book focus on themes which have been near the centre of fur trade scholarship: the identification of Indian motivations; the degree to which Indians were discriminating consumers and creative participants; and the extent of Native dependency on the trade. Spanning the period from the seventeenth century up to and including the twentieth, with distinguished authors such as J. Arthur Ray and Toby Morantz, The Subarctic Fur Trade will help scholars become more fully aware of the issues concerned with ...
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The papers in this book focus on themes which have been near the centre of fur trade scholarship: the identification of Indian motivations; the degree to which Indians were discriminating consumers and creative participants; and the extent of Native dependency on the trade. Spanning the period from the seventeenth century up to and including the twentieth, with distinguished authors such as J. Arthur Ray and Toby Morantz, The Subarctic Fur Trade will help scholars become more fully aware of the issues concerned with Native economic history.
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Very Good. 6 x 9. Minor wear, xix + 194 pages including index, papers presented at the American Society for Ethnohistory conference in 1981 on the fur trade, Indian motivations, degree of Indian control and the extent of native dependency on the trade from the seventeenth century up to and including the twentieth century.
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Fine. Reprinted. xix, 194pp. Octavo. Illustrated with maps and tables. Original pictorial wrappers. fine Collection of essays, originally presented at the 1981 American Society for Ethnohistory conference. Includes work by Arthur J. Ray and others examining the role of the fur trade in the development of modern Native economies.