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

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

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 St...

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

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