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A Legacy of Exploitation recasts the Hudson’s Bay Company’s experiment at Red River as a reaction to Indigenous peoples’ autonomy, challenging collective historical fantasies of Canada as a glorious nation of adventurers.



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In providing this “fundamental rethink” of Marxist analysis, the author has cleared a path that other scholars will surely follow. This is an important book. -- James Daschuk, University of Regina * The Western Historical Quarterly *

Table of Contents

Introduction: Exploitation and Autonomy

1 Reciprocity and Dispossession: Processes of Transformation

2 Monopoly and Competition: Contests over Indigenous Peoples’ Labour and Land

3 Honour and Duplicity: Debts of Rivals, Dreams of an Aristocrat

4 Servitude and Independence: The Settler Colonial “Experiment” Begins

5 Menace and Ally: Proclamation as Provocation

6 Consciousness and Ignorance: New Nation, Old Grievances

Conclusion: Continuity and Change

Notes; Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9780774866361, 978-0774866361
      ISBN10: 0774866365
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Legacy of Exploitation recasts the Hudson’s Bay Company’s experiment at Red River as a reaction to Indigenous peoples’ autonomy, challenging collective historical fantasies of Canada as a glorious nation of adventurers.



      Trade Review
      In providing this “fundamental rethink” of Marxist analysis, the author has cleared a path that other scholars will surely follow. This is an important book. -- James Daschuk, University of Regina * The Western Historical Quarterly *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Exploitation and Autonomy

      1 Reciprocity and Dispossession: Processes of Transformation

      2 Monopoly and Competition: Contests over Indigenous Peoples’ Labour and Land

      3 Honour and Duplicity: Debts of Rivals, Dreams of an Aristocrat

      4 Servitude and Independence: The Settler Colonial “Experiment” Begins

      5 Menace and Ally: Proclamation as Provocation

      6 Consciousness and Ignorance: New Nation, Old Grievances

      Conclusion: Continuity and Change

      Notes; Bibliography; Index

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