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Partners in furs : a history of the fur trade in eastern James Bay, 1600-1870
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An investigation of the effects of the fur trade on the social patterns of the Algonquian peoples living in the eastern James Bay region from 1600 to 1870.
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- Creator
- Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1983
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781282850583, 6612850582, 9780773503854, 9780773503861, 128285058X, 9780773560819, 9786612850585, 0773503854, 9780073503868, 0773560815, 0073503862, 0773503862, 007350386X
- OCLC
- ocn244765783, ocm11784808
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
- The land and the people: An introduction -- Strangers encroach on James Bay -- Competition for Indian furs, 1668-1693 -- Trading on the East Main, 1693-1735 -- The fur trade in the eighteenth century -- A decade on Richmond Gulf -- Daily life at Eastmain House -- Penetrating the Hinterland, 1771-1820 -- Big river post and beyond, 1784-1824 -- A new relationship -- The Inuit and the North, 1837-1870 -- Rupert House in the nineteenth century -- Conclusion