White Fox and Icy Seas in the Western Arctic: The Fur Trade, Transportation, and Change in the Early Twentieth Century

by John R. Bockstoce

How the fur trade changed the North and created the modern Arctic

In the early twentieth century, northerners lived and trapped in one of the world's harshest environments. At a time when government services and social support were minimal or nonexistent, they thrived on the fox fur trade, relying on their energy, training, discipline, and skills. John R. Bockstoce, a leading scholar of the Arctic fur trade who also served as a member...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300221797
• ISBN13: 9780300221794
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"