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The Indian, the Métis and the fur trade class, sexism and racism in the transition from “Communism” to Capitalism
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- Bourgeault, Ron G. (Author)
Title
The Indian, the Métis and the fur trade class, sexism and racism in the transition from “Communism” to Capitalism
Abstract
The object of this paper is to argue that the fur trade of the Hudson Bay basin, in what is now northern Canada, initially transformed Indian labour into that of a peasantry caught in the web of feudal relations of production. The paper will also show the nature of Indian women's subjugation, a subjugation undertaken to establish the fur trade. Class, racial and sexist divisions came to be imposed upon the indigenous Indian population through colonial relations based upon a particular form of exploitation. --From author's introduction.
Publication
Studies in Political Economy
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
45–80
Date
1983
Language
en
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Bourgeault, R. G. (1983). The Indian, the Métis and the fur trade class, sexism and racism in the transition from “Communism” to Capitalism. Studies in Political Economy, 12(1), 45–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/19187033.1983.11675649
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