Pemmican empire : food, trade, and the last bison hunts in the North American plains, 1780-1882 /

Pemmican empire : food, trade, and the last bison hunts in the North American plains, 1780-1882 /

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In the British territories of the North American Great Plains, food figured as a key trading commodity after 1780, when British and Canadian fur companies purchased ever-larger quantities of bison meats and fats (pemmican) from plains hunters to support their commercial expansion across the continen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colpitts, George, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Series:Studies in environment and history.
Subjects:
Bison industry > Great Plains > History.
Food industry and trade > Great Plains > History.
Pemmican > History.
Fur trade > Great Plains > History.

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