The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the great merchant
companies. Granted sole trading rights to a huge part what is now
Canada they were coerced in the mid nineteenth century to set up a
colonial administration on Vancouver Island to protect British
interests at a time of growing expansionism from America to the
south and possible threats from a Russian Alaska to the north.
"Company, Crown and Colony" tells the story of the challenges they
faced. Drawing on rich archival resources the author provides a
detailed account of this turbulent period, revealing the
difficulties faced by a leading merchant company as they sought to
resolve their conflicting interests of commerce and settlement in a
complex situation, and providing fresh and lively insights into the
emergence of a region of North America that is today one of the
principal commercial centres of Canada.
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