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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Hudson's Bay Company"”.
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The Hudson’s Bay Company on the Pacific, 1821-1843
This dissertation begins in 1821, when the Hudson's Bay Company took over the Columbia Department from the North West Company, which since 1813 had exported a single commodity (peltries) from the watersheds of two great rivers (the upper Fraser and lower Columbia) to two markets (London and …
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The Historical Geography of Swiss Settlers at the Red River Colony 1821-1826
… at the Red River Colony on land granted by the Hudson's Bay Company to Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk, in 1811. The grant was given for the establishment of a farming community at present day Winnipeg, Manitoba.</p><p>This thesis provides an overview of the migration patterns using the …
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To the Ends of the Earth: A Study of the Explorative Discourse Promoting British Expansionism in Canada
… worked for two fur-trading companies: the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. In pursuit of new sources of fur, they opened western Canada to European comprehension. Their published accounts of geographic exploration provided the British audience with new geographical …
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Sir Stafford Northcote: A Political Study to 1874
… orphaned son); in the transformation of the Hudson's Bay Company from territorial to retail power; and perhaps most important, in the settling of Anglo-American differences growing out of the U.S. Civil War. His moderate temperament and his sense of Parliament as a bulwark of the constitution …
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Geographic dispersion in teams : its history, experience, measurement, and change
… (1670-1950) of the life of one firm - i.e., the Hudson's Bay Company - to understand its far-flung managers' experience of dispersion. It shows that the managers experienced their dispersion through a combination of coordination, communication, isolation, and control challenges. It also serves as …
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Inventing "crime" in a lawless land: legal conflict, racial formation, and conquest in the North American interior
… criminal and perhaps treasonous. When the Hudson’s Bay Company ascended to power in 1821, it developed a legal infrastructure that included a colonial jurisdiction, enforcement of the boundary line with the United States, and a racial hierarchy in which the ""Natives"" were considered …
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The Nitrate That Shaped the World: A Global History of Indian Saltpetre (1700-1850)
The central focus of research of this project is saltpetre, the main ingredient for making gunpowder or black powder. Gunpowder played an essential role in shaping the early modern and modern world both politically and economically. It was impossible to produce gunpowder without saltpetre; thus, …