BOCKSTOCE, JOHN R. - Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest Among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur TradeNew Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0300149212. Dedication page has previous owner's notes, otherwise book is NF. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 472 pages; "This comprehensive history of the native and maritime fur trade in Alaska during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is without precedent. The Bering Strait formed the nexus of the circumpolar fur trade in which Russians, British, Americans, and members of fifty native nations competed and cooperated. The desire to dominate the fur trade fed the European expansion into the most remote regions of Asia and America and was an agent of massive change in these regions.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | CHF 22.5] Buchzahl 21503wird angeboten von:
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