Many Tender Ties
Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1996
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896239514
- Publish Date
- Jan 1996
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Sexual encounters between Indian women and the fur traders of the North West and Hudsons Bay Companies are generally thought to have been casual and illicit in nature. This illuminating book reveals instead that Indian-white marriages, sanctioned "after the custom of the country," resulted in many warm and enduring family unions. These were profoundly altered by the coming of the white women in the 1820s and 1830s.
About the author
Sylvia Van Kirk got her PhD at University of London, England. She is a professor of Canadian History and Women’s Studies at the University of Toronto.
