The Most Respectable Place in the Territory: Everyday Life in Hudson's Bay Company Service York Factory, 1788 to 1870 - Payne, Michael

Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; appears unread; "This study, which originated as a research report for Parks as part of the interpretative program for the site, is concerned primarily with a description of some of the main features of life at York Factory during the time it held a central position in the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trade operations. The study concentrates on the period between 1788, when the present factory was first occupied, and 1870, when York's central position in the fur trade was clearly in decline. The chapters that follow on social structure and social relations; work; recreation and leisure; accidents, disease, and medical care; education and religion; and the standard of living represent subjects York residents themselves often raised in post journals, correspondence, and personal papers and reminiscences. They were matters of deep and persistent concern to company employees at York Factory and thus seem central to any attempt to understand and describe the everyday life of their community.
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Paperback
National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage
1996
Ottawa, ON