Profits and Politics : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance.

This study of high finance during the Laurier boom years looks at the innovative tactics that went into Max Aitken's world of promoting, stockbroking, and mergers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marchildon, Gregory
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Temas:
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, > Baron, > 1879-1964.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, > Baron, > 1879-1964
Royal Securities Corporation > History.
Royal Securities Corporation
Consolidation and merger of corporations > Canada > History.
Business and politics > Canada > History.
Entreprises > Fusion > Canada > Histoire.
Affaires et politique > Canada > Histoire.
Business and politics
Consolidation and merger of corporations
Canada > Economic conditions > 1867-1918.
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • MAPS AND FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 Max Aitken and the Nature of Finance Capitalism during the Laurier Boom
  • 2 Circuitous Road to Halifax, 1879-1904
  • 3 Caribbean Adventurer
  • 4 Building the Royal Securities Corporation
  • 5 The Montreal Engineering Company
  • 6 The Takeover and Transformation of Montreal Trust
  • 7 Hubris and the Young Financier
  • 8 Manufacturing the Canada Cement Company
  • 9 Merger Promoter Extraordinaire
  • 10 Combines, Canada Cement, and the Reciprocity Election
  • 11 Conclusion: From Profits to Politics
  • APPENDIX: The First Canadian Merger Wave in International Perspective
  • NOTES
  • ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Photos.

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