Servants of the Honourable Company Work, Discipline and Conflict in the Hudson's Bay Company, 1770-1870

Name: Servants of the Honourable Company Work, Discipline and Conflict in the Hudson's Bay Company, 1770-1870
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ISBN: 9780195412963

ISBN-10: 0195412966

ISBN-13: 9780195412963

Edition: 1998

Authors: Edith I. Burley

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The Hudson Bay Company sought workers from pre-industrial societies who would accept the traditional master-servant relationship. To a large extent they did. In fact, these workers never questioned this central tenet of the HBC hierarchy. They did, however, bargain for higher wages, refuse to work under intolerable and dangerous conditions, object to unfair treatment by authoritarian officers, cause work stoppages in protest for sufficient food and more grog, mutiny against tyrannical ships' captains, and even kill a particularly brutal officer. Burley's book fully details an important aspect of the Canadian working-class experience.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Introduction



The View from the Top



The Source and Supply of Labour



The View from the Bottom



The Denial of Duty



Combination and Resistance



Conclusion


A Note on Sources


Notes


Index