Sir William C. Macdonald : a biography /

Born into a prominent Scottish family on Prince Edward Island, Macdonald rejected his Catholic upbringing and left home when he was eighteen. After three years in Boston as a bookkeeper he headed to Montreal and began to work as a commission agent. By 1868 Macdonald had become the leading manufactur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fong, William Jesse, 1948-
Autor Corporativo: Fondation Macdonald Stewart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : Published for the Macdonald-Stewart Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Macdonald, William C. > (William Christopher), > 1831-1917.
McGill University > Endowments > History.
McGill University.
Businessmen > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Biography.
Philanthropists > Canada > Biography.
Tobacco industry > Canada > History.
Education, Higher > Canada > Endowments > History.
Education > Canada > Endowments > History.
Tabac > Industrie > Canada > Histoire.
Enseignement supérieur > Canada > Fondations > Histoire.
Éducation > Canada > Fondations > Histoire.
Hommes d'affaires > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Biographies.
Philanthropes > Canada > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Businessmen.
Education > Endowments.
Education, Higher > Endowments.
Endowments.
Philanthropists.
Tobacco industry.
Canada.
Québec > Montréal.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A NOTE ON THE SOURCES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? MACDONALDâ€?S ANCESTRY AND EARLY INFLUENCES, TO 1848
  • Chapter Two MACDONALDâ€?S EARLY CAREER IN NORTH AMERICA: FROM BOOKKEEPER TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURER, 1848â€?1861
  • Chapter Three MACDONALD THE TOBACCO KING, 1861â€?1917
  • Chapter Four THE ISLAND LEGACY, DOMESTIC LIFE, AND THE END OF CAPTAIN JOHNâ€?S DREAM, 1864â€?1906
  • Chapter Five THE EVOLUTION OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION AT McGILL, CIRCA 1850â€?1880
  • Chapter Six MACDONALDâ€?S EARLY PHILANTHROPY: THE FRASER INSTITUTE, McGILL UNIVERSITY, AND HIS SEARCH FOR FAMILY, CIRCA 1870â€?1892Chapter Seven THE MACDONALD-ROBERTSON MOVEMENT AND THE FOUNDING OF MACDONALD COLLEGE, 1899â€?1909
  • Chapter Eight MACDONALD COLLEGE AND McGILL UNIVERSITY: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR A NEW CENTURY, 1893â€?1914
  • Chapter Nine TOBACCO WITH A HEART: MACDONALDâ€?S PERSONALITY, SCOTTISHNESS, LATER YEARS, AND LEGACY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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