Fur, fortune, and empire the epic history of the fur trade in America

For all of fur's contentious position in American culture today, historian Eric Jay Dolin shows its centrality in our nation's ever-surprising history. He argues that the trade in animal skins turned colonial America into a tumultuous frontier where global powers battled for control. From the sevent...

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Main Author:	Dolin, Eric Jay
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Fur trade > North America > 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. North America > Economic conditions.
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