Masters and Servants

The Hudson's Bay Company and Its North American Workforce, 1668-1786
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-77212-337-1
Verlag: University of Alberta Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 676 g

In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) workers. 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. 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 social history, business history, and anyone intrigued by the reach of the HBC.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephen, Scott P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations
1 Early Modern Contexts
2 The Hudson’s Bay Company as Enterprise and Employer 1668–1786
3 “No Certain Method for Any Thing” Recruitment, 1670–1713
4 “Men to Do the Business” Recruitment, 1714–1786
5 “Diligent Men” and “Idle Fellowes” Evaluation and Retention of Personnel
6 The Inland Experience
7 Master-Servant Relationships
8 Tensions within the Household Model
Conclusion
Appendix
Choosing Our Words Carefully
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen, Scott P.
Scott P. Stephen is a historian with Parks Canada, specializing in the fur trade and early settlement eras in western Canada.