Masters and Servants by Scott P. Stephen - 9781772123371

University of Alberta Press

Masters and ServantsThe Hudsons Bay Company and Its North American Workforce, 16681786\nAuthor(s): Scott P. Stephen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Alberta Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Alberta Press\nISBN-13: 9781772123371, 978-1772123371\nSynopsis\nIn Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) workers. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Companys interests, these men were hired like domestic servants, joining a household with its attendant norms of duty and loyalty. The household system produced a remarkably stable political-economic entity, connecting early North American resource extraction to larger trends in British imperialism. Through painstaking research, Stephen shines welcome light on the lives of these largely overlooked individuals. An essential book for labour historians, Masters and Servants will appeal to scholars of early modern Britain, the North American fur trade, Western .