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Author:

Podruchny, Carolyn.

Title:

Making the voyageur world : travelers and traders in the North American fur trade / Carolyn Podruchny.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xx, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

French-Canadians--North America--History.
Fur trade--North America--History.
Fur trade--New France--History.
Fur traders--North America--History.
Fur traders--New France--History.
Métis--North America--History.
Indians of North America--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--North America.
North America--Description and travel.
Saint Lawrence River Valley--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-397) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Sons of the farm, the trade, and the wilderness -- Leaving home : family and livelihood in French Canada and beyond -- Rites of passage and ritual moments : voyageur cosmology -- It is the paddle that brings us : voyageurs working in canoes -- The theater of hegemony : masters, clerks, and servants -- Rendezvous : parties, tricks, and friendships -- En dérouine : life at interior fur trade posts -- Tender ties, fluid monogamy, and trading sex : voyageurs and aboriginal women -- Disengagement : going home and going free -- Conclusion : carrying the world.

Series:

France overseas

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77143907

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)