1999, ISBN: 189623951X

[EAN: 9781896239514], Near Fine, [PU: Watson & Dwyer, Winnipeg], GOVERNOR SIMPSON,GEORGE NELSON,CHIPEWYAN,FORT GARRY,LA PRAIRIE,RUPERT'S LAND,COLIN ROBERTSON,1810,HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY,CRE… More...

[EAN: 9781896239514], Near Fine, [PU: Watson & Dwyer, Winnipeg], GOVERNOR SIMPSON,GEORGE NELSON,CHIPEWYAN,FORT GARRY,LA PRAIRIE,RUPERT'S LAND,COLIN ROBERTSON,1810,HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY,CREE,LONDON COMMITTEE,MOOSE FACTORY,BLACKFOOT,OKANAGAN,NEW CALEDONIA,CHARLES CHABOILLEZ,CARRIER,RED RIVER COLONY,MISS ADELGONDE DROZ,1823,NOR' WESTER,NORWAY HOUSE,ERMATINGER,LAKE WINNIPEG,SPOKANE HOUSE,OJIBWA,KOOTENAY,RAT HOUSE,NAN-TOUCHE,VOYAGEURS,PEACEMAKER,FUR-TRADE,WOLF,TRIBES,BUFFALO,, SUBTITLED : `Women in Fur Trade Society, 1670 -1870 '. Page 37 speaks about an 1803 `country marriage' relates how it improved the man's, a trader, image among the Cree Read more about : Madame Lamallice, Chief Trader J.P. Pruden, canoe mate, pedlars, half-breeds, Lady Calpo, Pawpitch, Great Slave Lake, Man-Like-Woman, Made Beaver, Ile a la Crosse, femme de ce pays, and Henry Kelsey. 206 pages - UNillustrated. Sections at back for notes, biblio and index. Cond ; paper wrapper is black with white lettering. Cover photo from c.1858 is thought to be Margaret Harriott. Volume is bright, tight, square, and clean. Very limited general wear. No names nor marks. Quote (p. 89) : " By the early decades of the nineteenth century changing concerns on the part of both Indian and white actively discouraged the fur traders from forming marital unions with full-blooded Indian women, except in outlying districts. Another significant factor ._._._. ." Size: 8vo<

ISBN: 189623951X

Sexual encounters between Indian women and the fur traders of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies are generally thought to have been casual and illicit in nature. This illuminating … More...

Sexual encounters between Indian women and the fur traders of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies are generally thought to have been casual and illicit in nature. This illuminating book reveals instead that Indian-white marriages, sanctioned "after the custom of the country," resulted in many warm and enduring family unions. These were profoundly altered by the coming of the white women in the 1820s and 1830s. americas,anthropology,canada,cultural,first nations,gay and lesbian,history,native american,native american studies,politics and social sciences Gay & Lesbian, Watson and Dwyer<