About this title: French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged and merry heroes who paved the way for European civilization in the wild Northwest. Carolyn Podruchny looks beyond the stereotypes and reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values. Making the Voyageur World shows that the voyageurs created distinct identities shaped by their French-Canadian peasant roots, the Aboriginal ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780803287907ISBN:0803287909
Description: New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 414 p. Contains: Illustrations. France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization (Hardcover). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780803287907ISBN:0803287909
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780803287907ISBN:0803287909
Description: New. Through a detailed analysis of their unique occupational culture, Making the Voyageur World reexamines the French Canadian workers who dominated the fur trade industry and became iconic images of North American lore. read more
Edition: French Overseas Series
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: 2006
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged and merry heroes who paved the way for European civilization in the wild Northwest. Carolyn Podruchny looks beyond the stereotypes and reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values. Making the ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780803287907ISBN:0803287909
Description: New. French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rug... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803287907ISBN:0803287909
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