Business History

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Chapter 11: Canadian Capital and the Global South, 1900-30
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Chapter 11: Canadian Capital and the Global South, 1900-30

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This chapter recounts how from the 1890s–1920s, Canadian capital went abroad and sugar, banking, and railway ventures across Cuba and the West Indies connected Canadian business internationally. 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 12

Chapter 12

A Royal Commission on Me

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Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Back to Business

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Chapter 14

Chapter 14

War in the Woods

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Chapter 14: Class Conflict and Socialists
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Chapter 14: Class Conflict and Socialists

The Era of World War and Revolution

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

The chapter discusses how early-twentieth-century labour militancy —from the rise of the AFL to the Winnipeg General Strike — took place alongside Indigenous resistance but ultimately … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Ukrainian Beachhead

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Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Active Energy

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Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Idle No More

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Chapter 17: On the Eve of the Great Depression
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Chapter 17: On the Eve of the Great Depression

Warning Signs in the 1920s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter details how the speculation and expansion of the 1920s gave way to overproduction, and reliance on exports, as increasing debt made the economy acutely vulnerable to the 1929 crash … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 18

Chapter 18

New Era in Westbank

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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse
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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse

The Great Depression of the 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how successive downturns of the economy—from the 1913–15 recession to the 1929 crash—led to mass unemployment in Toronto and Montréal. 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 19

The Struggle Continues

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Stories My Grandfather Told Me

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Chapter 20

A Fund for the Future

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Chapter 23: The Second World War
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Chapter 23: The Second World War

Capital's Saviour/Labour's Opportunity, 1939-45

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter looks at how Canada escaped the Great Depression as the state imposed full employment and expanded its direction of the economy under such departments as C. D. Howe’s … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 3

Riding the Bucking Bronco

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