Give Us Good Measure: An economic analysis of relations between the Indians and the Hudson's Bay Company before 1763

by Arthur J. Ray

Book Overview

Throughout most of the pre-confederation period the fur trade dominated the life of Indians and Europeans alike. Arthur Ray's earlier book, Indians in the Fur Trade, studied the role of the Indians as they responded to the changing environmental and economic conditions between 1660 and 1870. 'Give Us Good Measure' concentrates on the early contact between the Indians and the Hudson's Bay Company. It offers a path-breaking analysis of the differing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802063349
• ISBN13: 9780802063342
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher