Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada

by Stephen A. Royle

Book Overview

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the great merchant companies. Granted sole trading rights to a huge part of 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350165646
• ISBN13: 9781350165649
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"