Opportunism and Goodwill : : Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867–1979 / / Stefano Tijerina.

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• VerfasserIn: Tijerina, Stefano,
• MitwirkendeR: Anastakis, Dimitry,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in Canadian Business History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Canada’s social, economic, political, and environmental impacts on the Western Hemisphere have been largely overlooked by historians and other social scientists. Most narratives of the relationships between North America and the emerging markets of the south disproportionately focus on the United States. By downplaying Canada’s role, these narratives have fallen short in reconstructing the history of the region. Opportunism and Goodwill fills in these historical gaps, looking at the dynamics of the relationship between Canada and Colombia as they were spearheaded by Canada’s private sector. Stefano Tijerina argues that since the first era of globalization during the second half of the nineteenth century, Canada’s private sector has carved out niche markets across Latin America, sometimes working independently and in other instances working on behalf of foreign interests. In his historical analysis of these temporal and spatial dimensions, Tijerina shows that the long-term economic development of Canada and Colombia was intertwined and interdependent, ultimately stressing the importance of transnational approaches to the study of history. Contributing to questions about Canada’s "goodwill" and other benevolent constructs, Opportunism and Goodwill sets the historical foundation for current debates about Canadian industries across the world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- THEMES IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- OPPORTUNISM AND GOODWILL -- Introduction -- Part One: From Informality to Formality -- 1 The Jamaican Entrepôt -- 2 Joining the International System -- 3 Institutionalizing International Trade, 1867–1904 -- Part Two: A Foothold in the Region -- 4 Colombia and the Emerging Latin American Market, 1904–1910 -- 5 Internationalizing Banking and Insurance, 1886–1939 -- 6 Tropical Oil and the Andian National Corporation, 1918–1945 -- 7 Canadian Gold Dredging Operations, 1909–1962 -- Part Three: The Early Promotional State -- 8 Limitations under the Cold War -- 9 Diplomatic Relations, 1941–1953 -- 10 The 1953 Goodwill Trade Mission -- 11 The 1968 Ministerial Mission -- 12 Offcial Development Assistance to Colombia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index