HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Bungi Creole, James Mcgill, North West Company
19 Dec 2017
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James mcgill married into french fur trading family. Northwest company established in 1779, recruiting people from scotland. Not uncommon for scots to be hired as clerks with the expectation they"d rise in the company. Operation of ethnic groups in business are based on family connections. This is why there is recurring ethnicities in certain industries. Fur trade develops thru amalgamation of nwc (northwest company) and. Want to eliminate increasingly violent outbursts and operation of private armies. Benefits ig people as they have more options as to who they want to trade with. Significant depletion of fur bearing animals and increasing dependence on. Contact is not a single event, series of recurring events occurring up to. Disease intensifies (smallpox & tb), ig significantly weakened. Interested in settling highland scots in the west. Showing degree of paternalism as commercial farming becomes more prevalent. During this period there is a rivalry between hbc and nwc. Hbc as commercial rival for allies of nwc.
