Before Canada - Greer - Livres - McGill-Queen's University Press - 9780228019206 - 15 janvier 2024
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Before Canada


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Long before Confederation created a nation-state in northern North America, Indigenous people were establishing vast networks and trade routes. Volcanic eruptions pushed the ancestors of the Dene to undertake a trek from the present-day Northwest Territories to Arizona. Inuit migrated across the Arctic from Siberia, reaching Southern Labrador, where they met Basque fishers from northern Spain.

As early as the fifteenth century, fishing ships from western Europe were coming to Newfoundland for cod, creating the greatest transatlantic maritime link in the early modern world. Later, fur traders would take capitalism across the continent, using cheap rum to lubricate their transactions. The contributors to Before Canada reveal the latest findings of archaeological and historical research on this fascinating period. Along the way, they reframe the story of the Canadian past, extending its limits across time and space and challenging us to reconsider our assumptions about this supposedly young country.

Innovative and multidisciplinary, Before Canada inspires interest in the deep history of northern North America.
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Médias Livres     Book
Validé 15 janvier 2024
ISBN13 9780228019206
Éditeurs McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages 426
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   775 g
Éditeur Greer, Allan

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