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100	1		_aDolin, Eric Jay.
245	1	0	_aFur, fortune, and empire : _bthe epic history of the fur trade in America / _cEric Jay Dolin.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Co., _cc2010.
300			_axvii, 442 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-411) and index.
505	0		_apt. 1. Furs settle the New World -- "As fine a river as can be found" -- The precious beaver -- New Amsterdam rising -- "The Bible and the beaver" -- pt. 2. Clash of empires -- Competition, conflict, and chicanery -- "Many hounds are the hare's death" -- Adieu to the French -- Americans oust the British -- pt. 3. America heads West -- "A perfect golden round of profits" -- Up the Missouri -- Astoria -- Mountain men -- Taos trappers and Astor's empire -- Fall of the beaver -- The last robe -- Epilogue: End of an era.
650		0	_aFur trade _zNorth America _xHistory.
650		0	_aFur trade _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zNorth America.
650		0	_aEuropeans _zNorth America _xHistory.
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory.
651		0	_aEurope _xColonies _zAmerica.
651		0	_aNorth America _xHistory.
651		0	_aNorth America _xEthnic relations.
651		0	_aNorth America _xDiscovery and exploration _xEuropean.
651		0	_aNorth America _xEconomic conditions.
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