{"product_id":"company-crown-and-colony-stephen-royle-9781848851320","title":"Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada","description":"The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the great merchant companies. Granted sole trading rights to a huge part of what is now Canada, they were coerced in the mid-nineteenth century to set up a colonial administration on Vancouver Island to protect British interests at a time of growing expansionism from America to the south and possible threats from a Russian Alaska to the north. 'Company, Crown and Colony' tells the story of the challenges they faced. Drawing on rich archival resources the author provides a detailed account of this turbulent period, revealing the difficulties faced by a leading merchant company as they sought to resolve their conflicting interests of commerce and settlement in a complex situation, and providing fresh and lively insights into the emergence of a region of North America that is today one of the principal commercial centres of Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Royle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848851324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848851320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Stephen Royle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974653530367,"sku":"9781848851320","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49476102-2cf8-4573-8dcd-4270b07d21d4.jpg?v=1750875665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/company-crown-and-colony-stephen-royle-9781848851320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}