Profits and Politics : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance.
Marchildon, Gregory.
Profits and Politics : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (383 pages)
Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Photos.
This study of high finance during the Laurier boom years looks at the innovative tactics that went into Max Aitken's world of promoting, stockbroking, and mergers.
9781442678804
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken,-Baron,-1879-1964.
Royal Securities Corporation-History.
Consolidation and merger of corporations-Canada-History.
Business and politics-Canada-History.
Electronic books.
HD2746.55.C2 M373 1996
Profits and Politics : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (383 pages)
Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Photos.
This study of high finance during the Laurier boom years looks at the innovative tactics that went into Max Aitken's world of promoting, stockbroking, and mergers.
9781442678804
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken,-Baron,-1879-1964.
Royal Securities Corporation-History.
Consolidation and merger of corporations-Canada-History.
Business and politics-Canada-History.
Electronic books.
HD2746.55.C2 M373 1996