Lord Selkirk : a life / J.M. Bumsted.

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Bumsted, J. M

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TextPublication details: Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 517 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, digital fileContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780887553370
0887553370

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

971.27/01092 22

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F1060.7.S44 B84 2008eb

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Contents:

Chapter 1: Dunbar -- Chapter 2: Apprenticing -- Chapter 3: Paris, the Continent, and the Shadow of Daer -- Chapter 4: Finding a Role in Life -- Chapter 5: Towards Prince Edward Island -- Chapter 6: Selkirk and the Island -- Chapter 7: Touring North America -- Chapter 8: Observations on the Present State of the Highlands -- Chapter 9: Joining the Establishment -- Chapter 10: Settling Down -- Chapter 11: Taking Over the Hudsonś̀̆ Bay Company -- Chapter 12: Starting up the Red River -- Chapter 13: The Highland Regiment and the Kildonan Immigrants -- Chapter 14: The Pemmican Proclamation -- Chapter 15: The Settlement Dispersed -- Chapter 16: Trying to Gain Control -- Chapter 17: Seven Oaks and Fort William, 1816 -- Chapter 18: More Overstepping of Legality -- Chapter 19: On the Defensive, 1817 -- Chapter 20: Campaigning at Law, January to June 1818 -- Chapter 21: Further Campaigning at Law, June to November 1818 -- Chapter 22: Returning to Europe: 1818 to 1820 -- Chapter 23: To the Death -- Chapter 24: Coda.

Summary: Annotation Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770-1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on Canadian history. A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and witness to the French Revolution, he dedicated his fortune and energy to the vision of a new colony at the centre of North America. His final legacy, the Red River Settlement, led to the eventual end of the dominance of the fur trade and began the demographic and social transformation of western Canada.<br /><br />The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted's passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. He analyzes Selkirk's position within these realities, showing how his paternalistic attitudes informed his "social experiments" in colonization and translated into unpredictable, and often tragic, outcomes. Bumsted also provides extensive detail on the complexities of colonization, the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish peerage, the fur trade, the Red River settlement, and early British-Canadian politics.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-499) and index.

Annotation Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770-1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on Canadian history. A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and witness to the French Revolution, he dedicated his fortune and energy to the vision of a new colony at the centre of North America. His final legacy, the Red River Settlement, led to the eventual end of the dominance of the fur trade and began the demographic and social transformation of western Canada.<br /><br />The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted's passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. He analyzes Selkirk's position within these realities, showing how his paternalistic attitudes informed his "social experiments" in colonization and translated into unpredictable, and often tragic, outcomes. Bumsted also provides extensive detail on the complexities of colonization, the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish peerage, the fur trade, the Red River settlement, and early British-Canadian politics.

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