The company : the rise and fall of the Hudson's Bay empire
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385694070
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Physical Description:
486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
regular print
print - Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Doubleday Canada, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020.
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 432 - 470)and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: Origins. The grand scheme ; Royal beginning ; Clash of empires -- Part two: Rise. The quiet monopoly ; The chilly rim of the Bay ; Beyond the Bay ; Great Plains and bloody falls -- Part three: Zenith. The Nor'Westers ; The great river of the north ; The Columbia enterprise ; The great river of the west ; Companies at war -- Part four: Fall. The little emperor ; The king of old Oregon ; Loss of an appendage ; Two faces of the company ; The monopoly dies -- Epilogue: The dust of empire. |
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Subject: | Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) Northwest, Canadian -- History Fur trade -- Canada -- History Hudson's Bay Company -- History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 971.01 BOW (Text) | 33123009763518 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |