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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, as is the relationship of the whole fur trade to national and international business cycles.

This is an impressive achievement for a book so brief... It opens onto new methodology vistas and paradigms in western history -- William H. Goetzmann, New Mexico Historical Review.

CONDITION: Soft Cover, out of print, USED lightly, 237 pages, previous owner book stamp inside front cover.