PROFITS AND POLITICS : Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance

Gregory P Marchildon

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996

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cloth, dust jacket, 348 pages, index, in protective mylar,CONTENTS: 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." 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 remarkable skill for making money in the field of corporate finance. In this book Gregory Marchildon looks at the entrepreneurial.". Seller Inventory # 11255680

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Title: PROFITS AND POLITICS : Beaverbrook and the ...

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition