Business History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! A Coming Capitalism The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century.	Bryan D. Palmer	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From NEW! A Fateful Transition, 1870-90 Big Industries, Big Banks From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the rise of big Industry and Banking in Canada in the late nineteenth century.	Bryan D. Palmer	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From NEW! A Few Last Thoughts on Data and Decision Making From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Afterword	Mark Schrutt	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From A Merchant’s Needs From: Merchant Princes View James Lorimer and Company	1819-1867.Traces the impact of William James (WJ) Stairs and examines his interest in politics, the expansion of the family firm, his dealings with the Confederacy during the US Civil War, …	James D. Frost	35	2003	$3.50 Add
From Appendices From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	30	2020	$3.00 Add
From Beginnings From: Merchant Princes View James Lorimer and Company	1730-1797. Looks at the marriage between Hannah Roe and John Steers (not Denis Stairs as was previously thought) their time in Grenada, examines Hannah’s two other marriages after …	James D. Frost	24	2003	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Big Data and Untapped Insights From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. Topics in this chapter include the application of …	Mark Schrutt	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Big Data’s Role in Industry Disruption From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 2 of this text explore what it takes to be a data-driven organization that relies on facts and doesn’t make decisions based on instinct. Case studies included in this …	Mark Schrutt	13	2021	$1.30 Add
BlackBerry Town How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo James Lorimer and Company	The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — …		264		View
From NEW! Blueprint for Data-driven Organizations From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries	Mark Schrutt	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From Boomtown From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Howitt describes Research in Motion’s continued success, specifically from the point of view of several of the company’s key employees.	Chuck Howitt	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Canadian Motordom in Depression and War From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Anastakis covers the 1930s and the Second World War period. Topics include the auto and the 1930s Depression, war production by auto manufacturers, union organizing in the war …	Dimitry Anastakis	14	2026	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Capital Accumulation and the Routinization of Crises, 1820-60 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter outlines the economic crises and depressions in early nineteenth century Canada and the effect of industry and labour.	Bryan D. Palmer	7	2024	$0.70 Add
NEW! Capitalism and Colonialism The Making of Modern Canada, 1890-1960	This second volume of Bryan Palmer’s history of Canada covers 1890 to 1960, in which Palmer examines the continuing role of capitalism and colonialism in structuring Canadian society, from …		434		View
NEW! Car Nation Canada An illustrated history James Lorimer and Company	A full-colour illustrated history of cars and car-makers, with images of Canadian cars old and new, plus car company ads and promotional images. Canadians have been building cars from the …	Dimitry Anastakis	106	2026	View
From Chapter 1 Homeland From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	5	2020	$0.50 Add