"Enlightened zeal" : the Hudson's Bay Company and scientific networks, 1670-1870

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Label

"Enlightened zeal" : the Hudson's Bay Company and scientific networks, 1670-1870

Title remainder

the Hudson's Bay Company and scientific networks, 1670-1870

Statement of responsibility

Ted Binnema

Creator

• Binnema, Theodore, 1963-

Contributor

• JSTOR

Author

• Binnema, Theodore, 1963-

Provider

• JSTOR

Subject

• Science -- Social aspects -- Northwest, Canadian
• Science and industry
• HISTORY -- Canada -- General
• Electronic resources
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General
• Canada -- Canadian Northwest
• Hudson's Bay Company -- Research | History
• Research
• Hudson's Bay Company
• Hudson's Bay Company -- History
• Science and industry -- Northwest, Canadian -- History
• Science -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Initially highly secretive about all of its activities, the HBC was by 1870 an exceptionally generous patron of science. Aware of the ways that a commitment to scientific research could burnish its corporate reputation, the company participated in intricate symbiotic networks that linked the HBC as a corporation with individuals and scientific organizations in England, Scotland, and the United States. The pursuit of scientific knowledge could bring wealth and influence, along with tribute, fame, and renown, but science also brought less tangible benefits: adventure, health, happiness, male companionship, self-improvement, or a sense of meaning

Cataloging source

N$T

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

F1060.7

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography