Masters and Servants
Masters and Servants In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Company's interests, these men were hired like domestic servants, joining a "household"…
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Masters and Servants
In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Company's interests, these men were hired like domestic servants, joining a "household" with its attendant norms of duty and loyalty. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) workers.
Through painstaking research, Stephen shines welcome light on the lives of these largely overlooked individuals. The household system produced a remarkably stable political-economic entity, connecting early North American resource extraction to larger trends in British imperialism. 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, business history, and anyone intrigued by the reach of the