Furs and Frontiers in the Far North

Contents

Foreword by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto..................................................................xi Preface...............................................................................................xv A Note on Names.......................................................................................xvii Acknowledgments.......................................................................................xix Part 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE FUR TRADE IN THE BERING STRAIT REGION.......................................1 1. The Opening of the Maritime Fur Trade at Bering Strait.............................................3 2. Trapping and Hunting for Marketable Furs...........................................................41 3. The Russian Expansion toward Alaska................................................................70 4. Marketing the Furs.................................................................................103 Part 2 THE RUSSIAN-BRITISH RIVALRY IN NORTHERN ALASKA.............. ... read full excerpt from Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade ebook