Enlightened Zeal - 9781442646971

Enlightened ZealThe Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870\nAuthor(s): Ted Binnema\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442646971, 978-1442646971\nSynopsis\nEnlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudsons Bay Companys involvement in scientific networks during the companys two-hundred year chartered monopoly. Working from the companys voluminous records, Ted Binnema demonstrates the significance of science in the companys corporate strategies.\n\n Initially highly secretive about all of its activities, the HBC was by 1870 an exceptionally generous patron of science. Aware of the ways that a commitment to scientific research could burnish its corporate reputation, the company participated in intricate symbiotic networks that linked the HBC as a corporation with individuals and scientific organizations in England, Scotland, and the United States. The pursuit of scientific k.