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Scots!
How the Scots Created Canada
by Matthew Shaw
Illustrated by Joshua
Stanton
Through the fur trade, the Orcadians
of the Hudson's Bay Company and their rivals the Scottish
Nor'Westers of Montreal, formed the backbone of North America's
first continent-wide industry more than
200 years ago. Branching out from the fur trade, Scots
created the first banks, universities, railways and shipping lines
and played leading roles in politics,
the military and Western settlement.
This book celebrates, in words and stunning
images, the vital and pervasive role the Scots played
not only in the creation of Canada and its fundamental institutions,
but the role they continue in our increasingly
multicultural society.
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