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Masters and Servants: The Hudson's Bay Company and Its North American Workforce, 1668-1786

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Title
Masters and Servants: The Hudson's Bay Company and Its North American Workforce, 1668-1786
Abstract
With Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen has revealed startling truths about the men of the Hudson's Bay Company. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Company's interests, these workers hired out like domestic servants, joining a 'household' with its attendant norms of duty and loyalty. Through painstaking documentary research, Stephen shines welcome light on the lives of these largely overlooked historical actors. The household system produced a remarkably stable political-economic entity, connecting early Canadian resource extraction to larger trends in British imperialism and its emerging social relations. An essential book for labour historians, Masters and Servants will appeal to scholars of early modern Britain, the North American fur trade, Western social history, or business history, and anyone intrigued by the reach of the HBC. -- Publisher's description
Edition
First edition
Place
Edmonton
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Date
2019
# of Pages
xxxix, 407 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, maps
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-77212-337-1
Short Title
Masters and Servants
Library Catalog
Open WorldCat
Extra
OCLC: 1083228798
Citation
Stephen, S. P. (2019). Masters and Servants: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Its North American Workforce, 1668-1786 (First edition). University of Alberta Press. https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/958-9781772123371-masters-and-servants