The Lifeline of the Oregon Country: The Fraser-Columbia Brigade System, 1811-47 - Softcover

Gibson, James R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774806435 ISBN 13: 9780774806435

Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 1998

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Book by Gibson James R

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Reseña del editor:

In The Lifeline of the Oregon Country, James Gibson compellingly immerses the reader in one of the most intractable problems faced by the Hudson's Bay Company: how to realize wealth from such a remote and formidable land. The personalities, places, obstacles, and operations involved in the brigade system are all described in fascinating detail, stretch by stretch from Fort St. James, the depot of New Caledonia on the upper reaches of the Fraser River, to Fort Vancouver, the Columbia Department's entrepot on the lower Columbia River, and back. Never before has such a rich collection of primary information concerning the fur trade supply system and the constraining role of logistics been so meticulously assembled. The Lifeline of the Oregon Country will prove indispensable to historians, researchers, and fur trade enthusiasts alike, and is an important contribution to our understanding of the economic history of the Pacific Slope.

Biografía del autor:

James R. Gibson is a historical geographer at York University. He is the author of the award-winning Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: The Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast 1785-1841 (1992), as well as of Imperial Russia in Frontier America: The Changing Geography of Supply of Russian America 1784-1867 (1978), and Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country 1786-1846 (1984).

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• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0774806435
• ISBN 13: 9780774806435
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304