Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada
Stephen Royle
The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the great merchant companies. Granted sole trading rights to a huge part what is now Canada they were coerced in the mid nineteenth century to set up a colonial administration on Vancouver Island to protect British interests at a time of growing expansionism from America to the south and possible threats from a Russian Alaska to the north. 'Company, Crown and Colony' tells the story of the challenges they faced. Drawing on rich archival resources the author provides a detailed account of this turbulent period, revealing the difficulties faced by a leading merchant company as they sought to resolve their conflicting interests of commerce and settlement in a complex situation, and providing fresh and lively insights into the emergence of a region of North America that is today one of the principal commercial centres of Canada.
년:
2011
출판사:
I.B.Tauris
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
075562534X
ISBN 13:
9780755625345
파일:
PDF, 14.52 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011