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Suzanne Rigg, Men of Spirit and Enterprise: Scots and Orkneymen in the Hudson Bay Company 1780–1821 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2011 Pp. xx + 228; illus. Paperback ISBN 978-1-906566-37-1, £25).

Suzanne Rigg, Men of Spirit and Enterprise: Scots and Orkneymen in the Hudson Bay Company... Book Reviews understood the precariousness of success. Zachary Macaulay was at the centre of these efforts and it is doubtful that slavery would have ended as early as it did without him. At the conclusion the reader cannot help but question why a figure of such importance has been so long neglected. Glen Doris (University of Aberdeen) Suzanne Rigg, Men of Spirit and Enterprise: Scots and Orkneymen in the Hudson Bay Company 1780­1821 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2011 Pp. xx + 228; illus. Paperback ISBN 978-1-906566-37-1, £25). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2012.0055 The main focus of study of the North American fur trade has always been 1779­1821, the golden era of the fur trade. This was the period that saw the rise and fall of many of the great companies. The first British company was set up in 1670 and called the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Its goal was to take some of the fur trade away from the independent French Canadians (the basis for the North West Company) who had free reign over the trade during the seventeenth century. The monopoly of the HBC ended in 1783 when the North West Company (NWC) was created; it was formed from the independent http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Scottish Historical Studies Edinburgh University Press

Suzanne Rigg, Men of Spirit and Enterprise: Scots and Orkneymen in the Hudson Bay Company 1780–1821 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2011 Pp. xx + 228; illus. Paperback ISBN 978-1-906566-37-1, £25).

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Journal of Scottish Historical Studies , Volume 32 (2): 221 – Nov 1, 2012
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Edinburgh University Press
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Book Reviews; Historical Studies
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Book Reviews understood the precariousness of success. Zachary Macaulay was at the centre of these efforts and it is doubtful that slavery would have ended as early as it did without him. At the conclusion the reader cannot help but question why a figure of such importance has been so long neglected. Glen Doris (University of Aberdeen) Suzanne Rigg, Men of Spirit and Enterprise: Scots and Orkneymen in the Hudson Bay Company 1780­1821 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2011 Pp. xx + 228; illus. Paperback ISBN 978-1-906566-37-1, £25). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2012.0055 The main focus of study of the North American fur trade has always been 1779­1821, the golden era of the fur trade. This was the period that saw the rise and fall of many of the great companies. The first British company was set up in 1670 and called the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Its goal was to take some of the fur trade away from the independent French Canadians (the basis for the North West Company) who had free reign over the trade during the seventeenth century. The monopoly of the HBC ended in 1783 when the North West Company (NWC) was created; it was formed from the independent

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