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â[Stephen] offers fresh insight into the path a historic fur trading business took to become one of Canadaâs most recognizable retailers.â âLiterary Review of Canada In Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen reveals startling truths about Hudsonâs Bay Company (HBC) workers. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Companyâs interests, these men were hired like domestic servants, joining a âhouseholdâ 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 labor 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. âBlacksmiths, bookkeepers, loggers, tanners, coopers, cooks, sail-makers, interpreters, surveyors, clergy, the list goes on as Stephen marches us through the lives of the early Hudsonâs Bay worker.â âThe Ormsby Review âOverall, the book reflects the work of a historian comfortable with the hard work of archival research and with an eye for detail and insightful quotations. In many respects, it does for Hudsonâs Bay Company employees what Carolyn Podruchnyâs Making the Voyageur World did for employees of the Montreal-based fur trade companies in recreating their values, worldview, and distinctive work environment.â âMichael Payne, Prairie History |
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