Partners in Furs: A History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 9780773560819

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Table of contents :
Contents
Tables
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 The Land and the People: An Introduction
2 Strangers Encroach on James Bay
3 Competition for Indian Furs, 1668–1693
4 Trading on the East Main, 1693–1735
5 The Fur Trade in the Eighteenth Century
6 A Decade on Richmond Gulf
7 Daily Life at Eastmain House
8 Penetrating the Hinterland, 1770–1820
9 Big River Post and Beyond, 1784–1824
10 A New Relationship
11 The Inuit and the North, 1837–1870
12 Rupert House in the Nineteenth Century
13 Conclusion
Appendix: Population of James Bay in 1838 and 1858
References
Index
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