Chapter 10: The Inuit Confront Capitalism and Colonialism in the 1920s

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From: Capitalism and Colonialism

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This chapter looks at how Inuit life was transformed by the fur trade, the church, state policing, and resource exploitation.

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Bryan D. Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. In the fall of 2024 he published Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500–1890.