Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870

by Sylvia Van Kirk and Van Kirk

Book Overview

Beginning with the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, the fur trade dominated the development of the Canadian west. Although detailed accounts of the fur-trade era have appeared, until recently the rich social history has been ignored. In this book, the fur trade is examined not simply as an economic activity but as a social and cultural complex that was to survive for nearly two centuries.

The author traces the development of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806118474
• ISBN13: 9780806118475
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Insightful reading

You would be suprised how little information there is on the marital relationships between white man and native women. Bits and pieces here and there but nothing really solid with which to understand this little part of history. Nothing about them in New England though several tribes have been rendered extinct through intermarriage. Nothing about them in the south. Nothing about them anywhere. This book provides a basis for understanding the process. At the same time it also provides insights into this part of the fur trade. A bit dry in reading but highly informative

Many Tender Ties

This is one of the most insightful and affecting books about Canada I have ever read, deepening one's sense of place and national identity. A beautiful book.