02022cam a2200409 i 4500 384742741 TxAuBib 20190614120000.0 100423s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010016212 9780393340020 softcover $18.95 0393340023 softcover $18.95 (OCoLC)449865266 TxAuBib rda Dolin, Eric Jay. Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America SC / Eric Jay Dolin. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010] ©2010. xvii, 442 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. Furs settle the New World -- "As fine a river as can be found" -- The precious beaver -- New Amsterdam rising -- "The Bible and the beaver" -- pt. 2. Clash of empires -- Competition, conflict, and chicanery -- "Many hounds are the hare's death" -- Adieu to the French -- Americans oust the British -- pt. 3. America heads West -- "A perfect golden round of profits" -- Up the Missouri -- Astoria -- Mountain men -- Taos trappers and Astor's empire -- Fall of the beaver -- The last robe -- Epilogue: End of an era. 20190614. Fur trade North America History. Fur trade West (U.S.) History. Frontier and Pioneer Life North America. Europeans North America History. Imperialism History. Europe Colonies America. North America History. North America Ethnic relations. North America Discovery and exploration European. North America Economic conditions.