Profits and Politics : : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance / / Gregory Marchildon.
It has been said of Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook) that 'no other Canadian carved his name so large upon his times.' A manipulative, self-serving charmer with immense business acumen, Aitken knew all the important Canadian financiers of his day, and repeatedly demonstrated his remarka...
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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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Maps and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Notes
- Illustration Credits
- Index