Title Making the voyageur world : travelers and traders in the North American fur trade / Carolyn Podruchny

Published Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps Series France overseas France overseas Contents List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction : Sons of the farm, the trade, and the wilderness -- 2. Leaving home : family and livelihood in French Canada and beyond -- 3. Rites of passage and ritual moments : voyageur cosmology -- 4. It is the paddle that brings us : voyageurs working in canoes -- 5. The theater of hegemony : masters, clerks, and servants -- 6. Rendezvous : parties, tricks, and friendships -- 7. En dérouine : life at interior fur trade posts -- 8. Tender ties, fluid monogamy, and trading sex : voyageurs and aboriginal women -- 9. Disengagement : going home and going free -- 10. Conclusion : carrying the world -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged and merry heroes who paved the way for European civilization in the wild Northwest. Carolyn Podruchny looks beyond the stereotypes and reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values." "Making the Voyageur World shows that the voyageurs created distinct identities shaped by their French-Canadian peasant roots, the Aboriginal peoples they met in the Northwest, and the nature of their employment as indentured servants in diverse environments. Voyageurs' identities were also shaped by their constant travels and by their own masculine ideals that emphasized strength, endurance, and daring. Although voyageurs left few conventional traces of their won voices in the documentary record, an astonishing amount of information can be found in descriptions of them by their masters, explores, and other travelers. By examining their lives in conjunction with the metaphor of the voyage, Podruchny not only reveals the everyday lives of her subjects - what they ate, their cosmology and rituals of celebration, their families, and, above all, their work - but also underscores their impact on the social and cultural landscape of North America."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-397) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject French-Canadians -- North America -- History Fur trade -- North America -- History Fur trade -- New France -- History Fur traders -- North America -- History Fur traders -- New France -- History Métis -- North America -- History Indians of North America -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- North America HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY. Frontier and pioneer life French-Canadians Fur trade Fur traders Indians of North America Métis Travel Pelzhandel Geschichte. Pelzhandel. SUBJECT North America -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092457 Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Description and travel Subject North America North America -- New France North America -- Saint Lawrence River Valley Nordamerika Frankokanadier. Indianer. Nordamerika. Frankokanadier. Indianer. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803205482 0803205481

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