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

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Marchildon walks us through the machinations, uncertainties, and bravado that went into Aitken's world of promoting, financing, and stockbroking. He describes in riveting detail the playing out of the great mergers in Canadian politics and business life - most notably that of Stelco and Canada...

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Autor principal: Marchildon, Gregory P., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, > Baron, > 1879-1964
Beaverbrook, > Lord, > 1879-1964.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, > Baron, > 1879-1964.
Royal Securities Corporation
Royal Securities Corporation.
Royal Securities Corporation > History.
Geschichte 1896-1913.
Finanzinvestition
Finanzierung
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Business and politics.
Capital investments.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Mergers & Acquisitions.
Affaires et politique > Canada > Histoire.
Entreprises > Fusion > Canada > Histoire.
Investissements de capitaux > Canada > Histoire.
Capital investments > Canada > History.
Business and politics > Canada > History.
Consolidation and merger of corporations > Canada > History.
Kanada
Canada.
Canada > Conditions economiques > 1867-1918.
Canada > Economic conditions > 1867-1918.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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