Districts, Documentation, and Population in Rupert’s Land (1740–1840)
This book interrogates how districts were used in British North America to inspect, and document indigenous people by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). In particular, it examines how the HBC utilized districts to create a political geography that allowed for closer surveillance of indigenous people an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Observational Practices in Natural History: Conducts and Technical Registers (1700-1798)
- Chapter 3 Hudson’s Bay Company’s The Right of Seizure, the Fort, and the Preconditions of District-Inspection
- Chapter 4 The Codification of Natural History: Observation to Inspection
- Chapter 5 District Space and Production Labour
- Chapter 6 Conclusion: District Space