| Profit & Ambition: The North West Company and the Fur Trade 1779-1821 Contributor(s): Morrison, David A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0660199149 ISBN-13: 9780660199146 Publisher: Canadian Museum of History OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 971.03 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.9" W x 8.3" (0.55 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book lets the reader relive the heroic days of the Canadian fur trade, a period of a little more than 40 years when a group of Montreal traders pushed the limits of European exploration and commerce west from Lake Winnipeg to the Pacific Ocean and north to the Arctic. The North West Company was established to control competition among a number of independent Montreal fur-trading companies. It brought together mainly Scottish businessmen and partners, French-Canadian voyageurs and their "country wives," Metis bison-hunters, and Aboriginal trappers and their families in a commercial enterprise which forever changed Canada's position in North America. Canada's "Wild West" is revealed through period maps, art, documents, and the many beautiful objects which recall this adventurous period in Canada's history. |