Suitable for the students of the American west, this title traces the fur trade system 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.
'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.
