Reciprocity and Dispossession: Processes of Transformation -- Monopoly and Competition: Contests over Indigenous Peoples’ Labour and Land -- Honour and Duplicity: Debts of Rivals, Dreams of an Aristocrat -- Servitude and Independence: The Settler Colonial “Experiment” Begins -- Menace and...

"With Masters and Servants, Scott P. Stephen has revealed startling truths about the men of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Rather than dedicating themselves body and soul to the Company’s interests, these workers hired out like domestic servants, joining a 'household' with its attendant norms of...

Nassaney's extended study of North American fur trade archaeology will be an important addition to the exploration of extractive economies, and it is the first text to synthesize the current research on the social, economic, material, and ideological aspects of the fur trade