The Fur Trade of the American West - 9780803297326

The Fur Trade of the American WestA Geographical Synthesis\nAuthor(s): David J. Wishart\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803297326, 978-0803297326\nSynopsis\n\""In stressing the exploitation and destruction of the physical and human environment rather than the usual frontier romanticism, David Wishart has provided for students of the trans-Mississippi fur trade a valuable service.\""--Journal of the Early Republic. A standard reference work [that] should be required reading for all students of the American west.\""--Pacific Historical Review. \""The whole [fur trade] system is traced out from the Green River rendezvous or the Fort Union post to the trading houses of St. Louis and the auctions in New York and Europe. Such factors as capital formation, shifting commercial institutions, the role of advanced market information, and the nature, kinds, costs, and speed of transportation are all worked into the story,.