Canada in the Age of Rum

Canada in the Age of Rum portes grátis

Canada in the Age of Rum

Greer, Allan

McGill-Queen's University Press

03/2026

228

Dura

Inglês

9780228026891

Pré-lançamento - envio 15 a 20 dias após a sua edição

Descrição não disponível.
Tables, Figures, and Plates / ix
Preface / xiii

1 The Age of Rum: Capitalism, Slavery, and Empire / 3

2 Drinking on the Job: The Atlantic Cod Fishery / 24

3 New France: The Water of Life / 44

4 Rum Conquers Quebec / 60

5 The North West Company / 79

6 Indigenous Rum / 105

7 The End of the Age of Rum / 128

Appendix 1: Measurements / 143

Appendix 2: Rum Imports, Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, 1792-1819 / 144

Appendix 3: Alcohol Imports, New France / 145

Appendix 4: Rum and Molasses Imports, Quebec, 1765-86, in gallons / 147

Appendix 5: Rum Shipped from Montreal for the Western Fur Trade, 1781-90 / 149

Notes / 151
Bibliography / 171
Index / 193
history;Indigenous;fishery;furtrade;Newfoundland;rum;alcohol;treaties;labour;voyageurs;Quebec;soldiers;Northwestcompany;whisky;temperance;sugar;slavery;distillery;brandy;NewFrance