“Over time, it is all too common for people to lose touch with their heritage, as the thrill and immediacy of the present crowds out the echoes and lessons of the past. It would be a shame if that were to happen with respect to the fur trade. It is a seminal part of who we are as a nation, and how we came to be.”
-Eric Jay Dolin, PhD
-Eric Jay Dolin, PhD
The Fur Trade of the 18th century is perhaps one of the most influential developments in America that grew out of the European’s insatiable desire for pelts and territory. Aside from the New World exploration it encouraged and the local encounters it fostered, this transatlantic exchange in furred pelts, facilitated by European trade companies, laid the foundations for an Industrial American society. The Fur Trade was a key factor in the industrialization of European nations since it provided them with raw pelts and the economic stimuli needed to do so; from there, a cultural exchange back across the Atlantic triggered America’s own round of industrialization, integrating the conventions that shifted the nation towards an urban society.
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Names: Henry Ankhelyi, Geoffrey Embry, Victor Fu, Siddharth Karthikeyan
Division: Senior Division
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Names: Henry Ankhelyi, Geoffrey Embry, Victor Fu, Siddharth Karthikeyan
Division: Senior Division
Website Word count: 1199
Process Paper Word Count: 481