| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964
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| SUBJECT |
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 fast |
| Subject |
Royal Securities Corporation -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Royal Securities Corporation fast |
| Subject |
Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Canada -- History
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Business and politics -- Canada -- History
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Business and politics
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Consolidation and merger of corporations
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442678804 |
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1442678801 |
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