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Fall 2017
Over the last few years, the importance of place in the creation, and continuation of, Metis communities has comprised one of my primary research interests. Tied up in this idea of place are the key questions: why did Metis individuals and families decide to stay in the borderlands in the face of...
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The Baltic Amber Trade, c. 1500-1800: The Effects and Ramifications of a Global Counterflow Commodity
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My thesis adds a new dimension to the history of the Baltic region during the early modern period (c. 1500-1800) by focusing on a previously unexamined global commodity from the Baltic: amber. Historically, the Baltic’s commercial activity during this period has been characterized as one...
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The Material Culture of Hudson’s Bay Company Servants at Edmonton House in the Early 19th Century
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Consumer markets were an important aspect of the westward expansion of European trading companies in North America in the early 19th century. This thesis is concerned with one particular consumer market, that of the servants of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Edmonton House. The servants at Edmonton...