The Upper Canada Trade 1834–1872 : : A Study of the Buchanans' Business / / Douglas McCalla.
Based in Glasgow and Toronto and later Hamilton, the trading business of Peter and Isaac Buchanan became one of Canada’s largest. The crash of 1857, which abruptly ended an Upper Canadian boom, brought its growth to a halt, and increasing financial problems led to its failure in 1867 and gain in 187...
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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, , [2019] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Founding the business
- 3. Success in Toronto 1835-9
- 4. General wholesalers at Hamilton 1840-5
- 5. Independence 1846-51
- 6. The firm splits 1852-6
- 7. Depression and reorganization 1857-60
- 8. Isaac alone 1860-7
- 9. The final failures
- 10. Conclusion: The Buchanans' business and the Upper Canadian business system
- Tables
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index