Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms : : Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940 /

Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms : : Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940 / / Chris Armstrong.

Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms describes the evolution of the securities market in Canada, from the onset of trading, through the boom of the 1920s and the depression of the 1930s, to the outbreak of the Second World War. The book documents the problems of fraud, misrepresentation, and manipulation of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Armstrong, Chris,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1997
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (418 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Beginnings
  • 2. Selling Stuff
  • 3. The Development of the Exchanges
  • 4. Blue Skies
  • 5. War Clouds
  • 6. Highbinders and Re-Loaders
  • 7. Fighting Fraud
  • 8. Crash
  • 9. Into the Depths
  • 10. The Ordeal of F.H. Deacon
  • 11. Reform
  • 12. Challenges
  • 13. Revival Stalled
  • 14. Uncertainty
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX: Volume of Securities Traded on Canadian Stock Exchanges, 1901-1936
  • Notes
  • Photo Credits
  • Index

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