Give us good measure : economic analysis of relations between the Indians and the Hudson's Bay Company before 1763
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802054188
ISBN 13
9780802054180
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
298
Subject
Hudson's Bay Company -- History
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Abstract
"Although there have been many studies of the fur trade, relatively few have considered it explicitly as an economic system having geographic expression as well as historical and anthropological ramifications. Even fewer have focused on the Indians' role in the economics of the trade. This case study of the Hudson's Bay Company fur trade in its first century of operation explores in detail these important aspects of Indian-European exchange. It is based on quantitative date of trade at six 'factories' or trading posts, collated from meticulously kept company account books, as well as from the more conventional non-statistical sources used by previous researchers."--Preface.
Description
xvi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Figures --
Tables --
Preface --
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 1670 --
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 --
Appendix --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Figures --
Tables --
Preface --
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 1670 --
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 --
Appendix --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
Number of Copies
1
