Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-397) and index.
Contents:
10. Conclusion : carrying the world. 2. Leaving home : family and livelihood in French Canada and beyond -- 3. Rites of passage and ritual moments : voyageur cosmology -- 4. It is the paddle that brings us : voyageurs working in canoes -- 5. The theater of hegemony : masters, clerks, and servants -- 6. Rendezvous : parties, tricks, and friendships -- 7. En dérouine : life at interior fur trade posts -- 8. Tender ties, fluid monogamy, and trading sex : voyageurs and aboriginal women -- 9. Disengagement : going home and going free -- 10. Conclusion : carrying the world.
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