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BL
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634171
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Mackie, Richard,1957-
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| Title & Author
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Trading beyond the mountains : : the British fur trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 /\ Richard Somerset Mackie.
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| Publication Statement
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Vancouver :: UBC Press,, c1997.
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xxiv, 420 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0774805595 (acid-free paper)
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: 9780774805599 (acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-397) and index.
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| Contents
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1. The North West Passage by Land -- 2. Managing a New Region -- 3. George Simpson and a New Pacific Commerce -- 4. Nature Here Demands Attention -- 5. From Fort Vancouver to the Vermilion Sea -- 6. The North West Coast -- 7. New Markets for New Exports -- 8. Columbia Country Produce -- 9. Beyond the Mere Traffic in Peltries -- 10. Crisis in the Fur Trade -- 11. Simpson's Reorganization -- 12. The Native Foundation of Trade and Labour.
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Trading Beyond the Mountains looks at the years of exploration between 1793 and 1811 leading to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Mackie examines the first stages of economic diversification in this fur trade region and its transformation into a dynamic and distinctive regional economy. He also documents the Hudson's Bay Company's employment of Native slaves and labourers in the North West Coast region. This is the first book to disclose the extent and scale of the diverse commercial operations of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Pacific coast. It also provides an overdue account of the economic origins of British Columbia. With its impressive collection of maps and illustrations, it will be of interest to students and specialists of Canadian economic history, the history of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, Native History, and the fur trade.
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Simpson, George,1786 or 1787-1860.
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Hudson's Bay Company-- History.
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Fur trade-- British Columbia-- History.
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Fur trade-- Northwest Coast of North America-- History.
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British Columbia, History.
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Northwest Coast of North America, History.
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| Dewey Classification
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971.1/02
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F1060.8.S56M33 1997
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