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Harold Innis on Peter PondBiography, Cultural Memory, and the Continental Fur Trade |
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A compelling study of Harold Innis's engagement with a remarkable - but largely overlooked - historical figure.
Best known for his writings on economic history and communications, Harold Innis also produced a body of biographical work that paid particular attention to cultural memory and how it is enriched by the study of neglected historical figures. In this compelling volume, William Buxton addresses Innis's engagement with the legacy of the fur trader and adventurer Peter Pond.
Harold Innis on Peter Pond comprises eight texts by Innis, including his 1930 biography of Pond as well as his writings on the explorer's myriad activities. The book also features a collection of eight letters exchanged between Innis and Florence Cannon, a descendent of Pond with a strong interest in her ancestor's life and times, and an unpublished 1932 article on Pond's 1773-75 activities as a fur trader on the upper Mississippi, written by Innis's former student R. Harvey Fleming. Situating Innis's writings on Pond in relation to his broader body of biographical work, Buxton interprets what these texts tell us about Innis's intellectual practice, historiography, and the writing of biography. The book explores how Innis's perspectives shifted with changing intellectual and political circumstances and shows that his advocacy of Pond as an unrecognized "father of confederation" challenged conventional views of Canadian nation-building.
A critical edition of previously overlooked biographical texts, Harold Innis on Peter Pond traces what these writings disclose about the biographer's character and values even as they discuss their subject.
Harold Innis on Peter Pond comprises eight texts by Innis, including his 1930 biography of Pond as well as his writings on the explorer's myriad activities. The book also features a collection of eight letters exchanged between Innis and Florence Cannon, a descendent of Pond with a strong interest in her ancestor's life and times, and an unpublished 1932 article on Pond's 1773-75 activities as a fur trader on the upper Mississippi, written by Innis's former student R. Harvey Fleming. Situating Innis's writings on Pond in relation to his broader body of biographical work, Buxton interprets what these texts tell us about Innis's intellectual practice, historiography, and the writing of biography. The book explores how Innis's perspectives shifted with changing intellectual and political circumstances and shows that his advocacy of Pond as an unrecognized "father of confederation" challenged conventional views of Canadian nation-building.
A critical edition of previously overlooked biographical texts, Harold Innis on Peter Pond traces what these writings disclose about the biographer's character and values even as they discuss their subject.
Details
376 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773558618
February 2020
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"Harold Innis on Peter Pond makes an important contribution to media and communication studies, as well as Canadian and North American history, political economy, and cultural geography." Michael Darroch, School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor
"Buxton has done a great service to illuminate the later stages of Innis fur trade research and re-focus the reader's attention on Peter Pond, as Innis would have wanted. By meticulously collecting and curating Innis's writings on Pond, Buxton has provided a valuable one-stop venue for graduate students and academic historians interested in the 18th century fur trade as seen through the eyes of one of its most prominent historical actors, and also one of its most important historical scholars." Arctic
“Similar to Innis’ efforts to rescue Pond from obscurity, Buxton has drawn attention to the historian’s often-ignored biographical works and has provided not only a detailed picture of Innis’s scholarship on Pond, but more broadly he has demonstrated the interaction between biographical writing, commemoration, and nation-making.” The Canadian Historical Review
"Buxton has done a great service to illuminate the later stages of Innis fur trade research and re-focus the reader's attention on Peter Pond, as Innis would have wanted. By meticulously collecting and curating Innis's writings on Pond, Buxton has provided a valuable one-stop venue for graduate students and academic historians interested in the 18th century fur trade as seen through the eyes of one of its most prominent historical actors, and also one of its most important historical scholars." Arctic
“Similar to Innis’ efforts to rescue Pond from obscurity, Buxton has drawn attention to the historian’s often-ignored biographical works and has provided not only a detailed picture of Innis’s scholarship on Pond, but more broadly he has demonstrated the interaction between biographical writing, commemoration, and nation-making.” The Canadian Historical Review
William J. Buxton is professor emeritus of communication studies at Concordia University, visiting professor at Laval University, co-editor of Harold Innis in the New Century: Reflections and Refractions, and editor of Harold Innis and the North: Appraisals and Contestations.
Preface and Acknowledgments | ix
Introduction
Peter Pond: Requiem for a Fur Trader and Adventurer | xiii
1 INNIS’S WRITINGS ON PETER POND AND THE FUR TRADE
“The North West Company,” Canadian Historical Review 8 (1927) | 3
“Peter Pond in 1780,” Canadian Historical Review 9 (1928) | 18
“Peter Pond and the Influence of Capt. James Cook on Exploration in the Interior of North America,” RSC Trans. [Royal Society of Canada Transactions], 3rd ser., 22 (1928), s. ii | 20
The Fur Trade in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1930 | 32
Peter Pond: Fur Trader and Adventurer. Toronto: R.S. Irwin & Gordon, 1930 | 47
“Some Further Material on Peter Pond,” Canadian Historical Review 16 (1935) | 130
“A Note on Recent Publications on the Fur Trade,” Canadian Review of Economics and Political Science / Revue canadienne d’Économique et de Science politique 2 (4) (November 1936) | 135
“Alexander Mackenzie, Peter Pond, David Thompson,” in Les explorateurs célèbres, ed. André Leroi-Gourhan. Paris: Éditions d’art Lucien Mazenod, 1947 | 149
2 CANNON-INNIS CORRESPONDENCE
Introduction | 159
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 11 September 1932 | 161
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 15 September 1932 | 162
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 25 September 1932 | 162
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 18 October 1932 | 163
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 21 October 1932 | 164
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 1 November 1932 | 165
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 28 April 1935 | 166
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 21 May 1935 | 166
3 R. HARVEY FLEMING MATERIAL
Harold Innis, R. Harvey Fleming, and the North American Fur Trade | 175
R. Harvey Fleming, “Trading Ventures of Peter Pond in Minnesota” | 198
Documents | 201
Glossary | 215
References | 221
Index | 245
Introduction
Peter Pond: Requiem for a Fur Trader and Adventurer | xiii
1 INNIS’S WRITINGS ON PETER POND AND THE FUR TRADE
“The North West Company,” Canadian Historical Review 8 (1927) | 3
“Peter Pond in 1780,” Canadian Historical Review 9 (1928) | 18
“Peter Pond and the Influence of Capt. James Cook on Exploration in the Interior of North America,” RSC Trans. [Royal Society of Canada Transactions], 3rd ser., 22 (1928), s. ii | 20
The Fur Trade in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1930 | 32
Peter Pond: Fur Trader and Adventurer. Toronto: R.S. Irwin & Gordon, 1930 | 47
“Some Further Material on Peter Pond,” Canadian Historical Review 16 (1935) | 130
“A Note on Recent Publications on the Fur Trade,” Canadian Review of Economics and Political Science / Revue canadienne d’Économique et de Science politique 2 (4) (November 1936) | 135
“Alexander Mackenzie, Peter Pond, David Thompson,” in Les explorateurs célèbres, ed. André Leroi-Gourhan. Paris: Éditions d’art Lucien Mazenod, 1947 | 149
2 CANNON-INNIS CORRESPONDENCE
Introduction | 159
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 11 September 1932 | 161
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 15 September 1932 | 162
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 25 September 1932 | 162
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 18 October 1932 | 163
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 21 October 1932 | 164
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 1 November 1932 | 165
Mrs LeGrand Cannon to Harold Innis, 28 April 1935 | 166
Harold Innis to Mrs LeGrand Cannon, 21 May 1935 | 166
3 R. HARVEY FLEMING MATERIAL
Harold Innis, R. Harvey Fleming, and the North American Fur Trade | 175
R. Harvey Fleming, “Trading Ventures of Peter Pond in Minnesota” | 198
Documents | 201
Glossary | 215
References | 221
Index | 245
