1958/01/01 by Alvin C. Gluek · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Bay #Biology #Business #Canadian Identity and History #Ecology #Economic history #Economics #Fur trade #History #Key (lock) #MAGIC (telescope) #Management #Wilderness
paper · doi:10.2307/3111662
openalex publication_date 1958/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Development of the North American continent was a halting process, characterized by use and misuse of latent opportunities. The Hudson's Bay Company, giant in fur trade and northern exploration, proved by trial and error experiments that abundant natural assets were not in themselves the magic key to wealth.