Born of mixed Scottish/Native Indian blood in what is now Saskatchewan, Isbister emigrated to Britain after he found his ambitions thwarted by Hudson's Bay Company policies regarding native-born employees. There he became a respected educator, but more important to this study, he also became the most persistent critic of the Company, and of British and Canadian policies dealing with the inhabitants of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories.
| ISBN: | 9780886290641 |
| Publication date: | 15th January 1988 |
| Author: | Barry Cooper |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Carleton Library Series |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas |
Born of mixed Scottish/Native Indian blood in what is now Saskatchewan, Isbister emigrated to Britain after he found his ambitions thwarted by Hudson's Bay Company policies regarding native-born employees. There he became a respected educator, but more important to this study, he also became the most persistent critic of the Company, and of British and Canadian policies dealing with the inhabitants of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories.
Alexander Kennedy Isbister features in the following genres: History of the Americas
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Alexander Kennedy Isbister was written by Barry Cooper and published by McGill-Queen's University Press
Alexander Kennedy Isbister has 277 pages
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