Business History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Chapter 3: The Merger Movement and its Masterminds Capital Concentration, 1890-1929 From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces how mergers, banks, and foreign investment reshaped Canadian industry after 1900, along with expansion in pulp and paper and automobile manufacturing.	Bryan D. Palmer	15	2025	$1.50 Add
From Chapter 4 Lessons from the Onion Patch From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	13	2020	$1.30 Add
From Chapter 5 Only the Land Matters From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 5: The West and the Wheat Economy, 1890-1929 From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines development across Canada including the vast amounts of immigration that fuelled the resource-based economy in British Columbia and the wheat economy of the Prairies.	Bryan D. Palmer	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From Chapter 6 Finding My Footing From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	10	2020	$1.00 Add
From Chapter 7 Entering the Fray From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From Chapter 8 Building a Future, Fighting the Past From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	10	2020	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: Deindustrialization and the Maritimes in the 1920s From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces the rise and fall of foreign-controlled companies such as British Empire Steel Corporation in Nova Scotia headed by Roy Wolvin.	Bryan D. Palmer	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From Chapter 9 Assassination Attempt From: Fight or Submit View ECW Press		Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	7	2020	$0.70 Add
NEW! Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 A New History for the Twenty-First Century	Colonialism and Capitalism: A New History of Canada offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are …		444		View
From NEW! Companies and Competition Selkirk, the Saulteaux, and the Re-establishment of Monopoly in the 1820s From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the flourishing of the Hudson Bay Company as it triumphed over its competition and discusses westward expansion, the Selkirk settlement and the Saulteaux.	Bryan D. Palmer	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From Conclusion From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Howitt concludes his analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo tech sector and how, despite its collapse, Research in Motion led the way to continued success.	Chuck Howitt	5	2019	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Data’s Move to the Front 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. This chapter discusses the emergence of technologies …	Mark Schrutt	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From Dénouement From: Merchant Princes View James Lorimer and Company	Traces the last years of the family companies to the eventual sale in 1973 after Arthur Stair’s death with no one ready to take over the family businesses	James D. Frost	24	2003	$2.40 Add
From Down to Business in the “New” Canada From: Merchant Princes View James Lorimer and Company	1867-1906. Examines how the family adapted to the new canada after confederation. The ropemaking business, the final days of wood, wind and sail, their shipping agency busines, looks at the union …	James D. Frost	36	2003	$3.60 Add
From Engineers for Hire From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the early staff additions at Research in Motion, most notably the addition of Jim Balsillie. Reviews the development of RIM during the late 1980s and early 1990s.	Chuck Howitt	9	2019	$0.90 Add