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

Pemmican Empire explores the fascinating and little-known environmental history of the role of pemmican (bison fat) in the opening of the British-American West.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Colpitts, George, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Colección:Studies in environment and history.
Temas:
Bison industry > Great Plains > History.
Food industry and trade > Great Plains > History.
Pemmican > History.
Fur trade > Great Plains > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Bison industry.
Food industry and trade.
Fur trade.
Pemmican.
Great Plains.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Changing food energy regimes in the northern fur trade, 1760-1790
  • The pemmican bioregion, 1790-1810
  • Food fights and pemmican wars, 1790-1816
  • Selling bison flesh in the British market after 1821
  • Commercial war zones in the bison commons, 1835-1850
  • Ending the pemmican era.

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