Author: DOLIN, ERIC JAY
Title: Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America / Eric Jay Dolin
Description: New York ; London : W. W. Norton 2010. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 442 pages; Physical description: xvii. 442 p.[32] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ). maps (some col. ) ; 25 cm. Summary: Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s. Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry. from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century. Dolin shows how the fur trade sparked controversy. fostered economic competition and fuelled wars among the European powers. Subjects: Fur trade - North America - History. Frontier and pioneer life - North America. Europeans - North America - History. Fur trade - West (U. S. ) - History. Imperialism - History.Weight in Kg appr.:

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