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Give Us Good Measure : An economic analysis of relations between the Indians and the Hudson's Bay Company before 1763 / Arthur Ray, Donald B. Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Arthur, Author.
- Freeman, Donald B., Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hudson's Bay Company--History.
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Trading posts--Canada--History.
- Trading posts.
- Indians of North America--Canada--Economic conditions.
- Indians of North America.
- Fur trade--Canada--History.
- Fur trade.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Examines the early contact between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company.
- Contents:
- Part One: The Development of the Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade: 1. Fur trade history
- 2. European and Indian cultures at the time of contact
- 3. The fur trade before 1670s
- 4. The struggle between the English and the French for the Hudson Bay fur Trade Part Two: The Spatial and Institutional Structure of the Hudson's Bay Company Trading Network: 5. The inland trading network of the Hudson's Bay Company
- 6. Fur trading institutions
- 7. The factor and the trading captain Part Three: The Economic Structure of the Fur Trade System: A Quantitative Analysis
- 8. Analytical objectives and approach
- 9. The early Hudson's Bay Company account books 10. Variables and methods of analysis
- 11. The terms of trade
- 12. Variations in exchange rates and levels of competition
- 13. Trade expenses, factors' gains, and competition
- 14. The Indians' responses Part Four: Empirical Evidence and Comparative Economic Theory; Some Implications of this Study
- 15. Trade and politics: a reinterpretation 16. Economic dimensions of the trade
- 17. The Hudson Bay fur trade as a spatial system: conclusions, and implications for comparative economic geography
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-294) index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7462-2
- OCLC:
- 1090889958
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