Listening to the fur trade : soundways and music in the British North American fur trade, 1760-1840 /

"As fur traders were driven across northern North America by economic motivations, the landscape over which they plied their trade was punctuated by sound: shouting, singing, dancing, gunpowder, rattles, jingles, drums, fiddles, and--very occasionally--bagpipes. Fur trade interactions were, in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Laxer, Daniel Robert (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Collection:McGill-Queen's studies in early Canada ; 3.
Sujets:
1700-1899
Fur traders > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Fur trade > Canada > History > 18th century.
Fur trade > Canada > History > 19th century.
Coureurs de bois > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Fourrures > Commerce > Canada > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Fourrures > Commerce > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Canadian Studies.
Fur trade.
Canada.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • With a Bang: Gunpowder and Firearms
  • Musical Encounters
  • Military Instruments and Turned Drums
  • Dances of Diplomacy
  • Soundways Montreal to La Cloche
  • Paddling Songs; Chansons D'aviron
  • Indigenous Hunting and Healing Songs
  • Music of the Trading Posts.

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