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A Business History of Alberta.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary :
University of Calgary Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Map of Alberta
- PART ONE: ALBERTA BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS
- 1. The Road to Edmonton
- Northern Italian Merchants
- French Mercantilism, Canadian Business, and French Canada
- British Mercantilism, Canadian Business, and British Canada
- Early Growth of Edmonton House
- North West Company and the Rise of Fort Augustus
- Hudson's Bay Company and the Development of Edmonton House
- 2. Business in Territorial Alberta
- Political Setting
- Economic Setting
- ""Territorial Enterprises as Small Family Businesses""""The General Merchant""; ""John A. McDougall: a General Merchant""; ""The Manufacturer""; ""David Suitor: an Iron Founder""; ""Service Businesses""; ""Cowdry Brothers: a Private Banking Firm""; ""Ranching Businesses""; ""A. E. Cross: a Cattle Rancher""; ""Farming Businesses""; ""Thomas Hoskin: a Farmer""; ""Close of the Territorial Period""; ""PART TWO: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW PROVINCE""; ""3. Expansion of Alberta Business""; ""Developing the Tradition of Government�Business Relations""
- Alexander Rutherford and Alberta BusinessR. B. Bennett and Alberta Business
- Conflict between Bennett and Rutherford
- Legacy of the Rutherford and Bennett Generation
- Economic Growth
- Developing the Transportation Network
- Railways
- Roads
- Age of the Car and Truck
- Communications
- Agricultural Development
- Charles S. Noble, the Noble Blade Cultivator, and Farming
- Maturing of Alberta Industry
- Pat Burns, Cattle, and Meat Packing
- John Gainer and Meat Packing
- 4. Specialization in Alberta Business
- Urban Growth and Specialization in BusinessSpecialization in Commerce
- Hardware Businesses
- Ross Bros. Hardware
- George L. Chesney Hardware
- High River Hardware Company
- Drugstores
- Dunlap Drug Company
- Stokes Drug Company
- Jewellery Stores
- Alexander B. Mitchell: Jeweller
- Godley's Jewellery
- Specialization in Manufacturing
- Thomas Hutchinson: Harness and Saddle Manufacturer
- Robert J. Welsh: Harness Manufacturer
- Herbert J. Sissons: Brick Manufacturer
- Specialization in Service Businesses
- Conduct of Business by the 1940sBusiness Attitudes
- Alberta's Changing Business System
- PART THREE: EMERGENCE OF BIG BUSINESS IN ALBERTA
- 5. Big Business in Alberta
- Railways: the First Big Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway: a Pioneer in Big Business
- Spread of Big Business in Alberta
- Robert J. Hutchings and Great West Saddlery
- Big Business in the Alberta Meat Industry
- Mass Distribution
- Johnstone Walker: a Department Store
- Jenkins' Groceteria: a Chain Store
- Canada Safeway and Mass Retailing in Alberta
- Mass Production