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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dolin, Eric Jay.     Subjects     Fur trade -- North America -- History.     Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.     Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.     Europeans -- North America -- History.     Imperialism -- History.     Europe -- Colonies -- America.     North America -- History.     North America -- Ethnic relations.     North America -- Discovery and exploration -- European.     North America -- Economic conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dolin, Eric Jay.       by title:      Fur, fortune, and em...       by call number:      970 D664f     Search the Web     Dolin, Eric Jay.     Fur trade -- North America -- History.     Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.     Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.     Europeans -- North America -- History.     Imperialism -- History.     Europe -- Colonies -- America.     North America -- History.     North America -- Ethnic relations.     North America -- Discovery and exploration -- European.     North America -- Economic conditions.       MARC Display

Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America / Eric Jay Dolin. by Dolin, Eric Jay. W.W. Norton & Co., c2010. Call #: 970 D664f Subjects Fur trade -- North America -- History.   Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History.   Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.   Europeans -- North America -- History.   Imperialism -- History.   Europe -- Colonies -- America.   North America -- History.   North America -- Ethnic relations.   North America -- Discovery and exploration -- European.   North America -- Economic conditions. ISBN:  9780393067101 0393067106 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 442 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-411) and index. Contents:  Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many hounds are the hare's death" ; Adieu to the French ; Americans oust the British -- America heads West ; "A perfect golden round of profits" ; Up the Missouri ; Astoria ; Mountain men ; Taos trappers and Astor's empire ; Fall of the beaver ; The last robe -- End of an era. Summary:  Eric Jay Dolin argues that the trade in animal skins turned colonial America into a tumultuous frontier where global powers battled for control. From the seventeenth century right on up to the Gilded Age, the developed world's appetite for fur made the new continent, with its wealth of fur-bearing wildlife, a seemingly inexhaustible resource. The result was a major boost in the evolution of the colonies into a powerful new player on the world stage. Dolin sheds insight on the ways the fur trade created international tensions--in New England, the Great Lakes, and in the expanding West. Fur traders were often the first white men to map major rivers, forests, and mountains, then soon pushed Native Americans off their lands as John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company attempted to monopolize the West. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 970 D664f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 970 D664f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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