| Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870 Contributor(s): Van Kirk, Sylvia (Author) |
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ISBN: 189623951X ISBN-13: 9781896239514 Publisher: Watson and Dwyer OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 971.201 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 301 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sexual encounters between Indian women and the fur traders of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies are generally thought to have been casual and illicit in nature. This illuminating book reveals instead that Indian-white marriages, sanctioned "after the custom of the country," resulted in many warm and enduring family unions. These were profoundly altered by the coming of the white women in the 1820s and 1830s. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Kirk, Sylvia: - Sylvia Van Kirk got her PhD at University of London, England. She is a professor of Canadian History and Women's Studies at the University of Toronto. |