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Resources, Trade, And The Aboriginal Population: Lessons From The 1780s Smallpox Epidemic In The Hudson Bay Region

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  • Ann Carlos

    (University of Colorado, Boulder)

  • Frank D. Lewis

    (Queen's University)

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  • Ann Carlos & Frank D. Lewis, 2009. "Resources, Trade, And The Aboriginal Population: Lessons From The 1780s Smallpox Epidemic In The Hudson Bay Region," Working Paper 1231, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    1. Carlos, Ann M. & Lewis, Frank D., 1993. "Indians, the Beaver, and the Bay: The Economics of Depletion in the Lands of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1700–1763," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 53(3), pages 465-494, September.
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    Keywords

    population; native americans; smallpox;
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    JEL classification:

    • N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N51 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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