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Expect miracles : recollections of a lucky life /

Expect Miracles is the personal and professional story of a leader in the worlds of business and culture. David Culver narrates his journey from his upbringing in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, through his studies at McGill and Harvard, his army service during the Second World War, to his impre...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Culver, David M., 1924-2017 (Auteur), Freeman, Alan, 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Collection:Footprints (Cheltenham, England) ; 19.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1 "Be Emergent!" Early Memories of Life on a Hill
  • 2 "A Bunch of People Helping One Man Do a Job" Learning to Manage
  • 3 "We Were Like the Jesuits" Selling Aluminum to the World
  • 4 "Je me souviens" Alcan's Québécois Heart
  • 5 "Dimension, Dimension, Dimension" How Architecture Became a Passion
  • 6 "An Unobtrusive Jewel" Building a Home for Alcan
  • 7 "On Hands and Knees" Developing Ties with Japan and China
  • 8 "A Sense of Measure" Multinational Musings
  • 9 "Like A Trip to the Kennel" Growing People
  • 10 "An Outsider on the Inside" The Trials of the Independent Director
  • 11 "Hitting the Right Note" The Meaning of Pastimes
  • 12 "Just Another Graduation" Life after Alcan.