HECOL241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fur Clothing, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Inuit
13 Jul 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Timelines? the fur trading industry played a major role in the development of north america for more than. 300 years trade began in 1500s as an exchange between europeans and indigenous peoples by the late 1500s, a great demand for fur develops in europe; leads to further exploration of. Fashion drives demand around 1600, hats made from beaver felt became very fashionable, while at the same time, beavers were becoming extinct in europe boosts demand for canadian pelts. Impacts - summary fur trade let to con ict between france and britain in america claims of fur traders played a part on establishing the border between. Canada and the us fur trading posts later become major cities, like edmonton, montreal, and quebec city. Fur supply and demand changes since the early 20th century fur and leather garments become available to the masses, due to the advancements in technologies for processing pelts anti-fur movements take hold in the 80s and 90s.
