The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869
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The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869

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The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869

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The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor: 1821-1869 explores the rise, consolidation, and eventual decline of the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trade monopoly in British North America. Beginning in 1821, with the company's amalgamation with the North West Company, and ending in 1869 with the sale of its proprietary rights in Rupert's Land to Canada, the book examines the company's transition from a dominant fur-trading enterprise to an organization unable to sustain its monopoly amidst increasing settlement pressures. The study delves into the company's strategies along trade frontiers, its adaptations to changing societal dynamics, and its ultimate acceptance of the inevitable shift from a fur-trade economy to settlement-driven development. The narrative also highlights the Hudson's Bay Company's complex role in the international relations of Great Britain, Russia, the United States, and Canada. It details the company's influence on diplomatic negotiations, acting at times as a key force or an obstacle to national agendas. By analyzing the company's policies and their broader implications, the book provides a detailed account of its significant yet challenging position as both an economic and political entity during a transformative period in North American history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957.

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Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780520364943
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780520322714
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Business History
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. PART I Frontier Policies
  6. CHAPTER 1 Prologue
  7. CHAPTER 2 Personnel of the Monopoly
  8. CHAPTER 3 The Canadian Frontier
  9. CHAPTER 4 The Southern Frontier
  10. CHAPTER 5 The Western Frontier
  11. PART II Relations with Russian America
  12. CHAPTER 6 The Anglo-Russian Treaty
  13. CHAPTER 7 Competition on the Northwest Coast
  14. CHAPTER 8 The Pacific Coast Monopoly, 1839-1867
  15. PART III The Oregon Question and Its Aftermath
  16. CHAPTER 9 The Oregon Dispute, 1821-1838
  17. CHAPTER 10 The Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company
  18. CHAPTER 12 American Victory, 1844-1846
  19. CHAPTER 13 The Possessory Rights Question, 1846-1869
  20. CHAPTER 14 Company Control of Vancouver Island, 1847-1865
  21. CHAPTER 15 The Growth of Unrest at Red River, 1846-1853
  22. CHAPTER 16 The Company in British and Canadian Politics during the 1850’s
  23. CHAPTER 17 Negotiations Leading to the Sale of the Company, 1859-1863
  24. CHAPTER 18 The End of the Monopoly
  25. Notes
  26. NOTES
  27. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  28. INDEX

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