British Businessmen And Canadian Confederation
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British Businessmen And Canadian Confederation
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Author : Andrew Smith
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2008
British Businessmen And Canadian Confederation written by Andrew Smith and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep British North America within the British Empire. Andrew Smith discusses the role of British investors in Canadian Confederation, covering the period from the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad in the 1850s to Canada's purchase of Rupert's Land in 1869-70. He describes how some investors lobbied the British government for the policies that made Confederation possible, working closely with the Fathers of Confederation, many of whom were participants in the same trans-Atlantic crony-capitalist system. British factory owners with classical liberal beliefs, however, disliked Confederation because they believed it would delay the political independence of the North American colonies, something they saw as beneficial. British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation reminds Canadians that most contemporaries of Confederation saw it as a way to preserve the colonists' bonds with Britain rather than to expand their political autonomy. It should interest a wide audience - from students of Canadian political history to historians interested in Victorian globalization.
British Businessmen And Canadian Confederation
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Author : Andrew Smith
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2008
British Businessmen And Canadian Confederation written by Andrew Smith and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep British North America within the British Empire.
The History Of Canadian Business 1867 1914
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Author : R. T. Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Black Rose
Release Date : 1997
The History Of Canadian Business 1867 1914 written by R. T. Naylor and has been published by Black Rose this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Canada categories.
This comprehensive history of Canadian business is a detailed account of the development of commerce and industry from the founding in 1867 to WWI in 1914. The story, sometimes grand, more often sordid, is an account of what today would be called white collar crime.
Business History
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Author : John Dwyer
language : en
Publisher: North York, Ont. : Captus Press
Release Date : 2000
Business History written by John Dwyer and has been published by North York, Ont. : Captus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Canada categories.
"Business History provides Canadian university and college students with a lively and accessible introduction to economic history and to the history of Canadian business. The book attempts to shed light on the functional history of business, and the underlying reasons for the success of countries like England, America and Japan.
Questions Of Order
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Author : Peter Price
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2020-12-16
Questions Of Order written by Peter Price and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with History categories.
Canadian Confederation has long been assessed as a political moment that created a new national entity. This book breaks new ground by arguing that Confederation was an imperial event that generated new questions and ideas about the future of global political order.
A History Of Law In Canada Volume Two
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Author : Jim Phillips
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2022-11-01
A History Of Law In Canada Volume Two written by Jim Phillips and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Law categories.
This is the second of three volumes in an important collection that recounts the sweeping history of law in Canada. The period covered in this volume witnessed both continuity and change in the relationships among law, society, Indigenous peoples, and white settlers. The authors explore how law was as important to the building of a new urban industrial nation as it had been to the establishment of colonies of agricultural settlement and resource exploitation. The book addresses the most important developments in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, including legal pluralism and the co-existence of European and Indigenous law. It pays particular attention to the Métis and the Red River Resistance, the Indian Act, and the origins and expansion of residential schools in Canada. The book is divided into four parts: the law and legal institutions; Indigenous peoples and Dominion law; capital, labour, and criminal justice; and those less favoured by the law. A History of Law in Canada examines law as a dynamic process, shaped by and affecting other histories over the long term.
The Quebec Conference Of 1864
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Author : Eugénie Brouillet
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2018-12-30
The Quebec Conference Of 1864 written by Eugénie Brouillet and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-30 with History categories.
Like all major events in Canadian history, the Quebec Conference of 1864, an important step on Canada's road to Confederation, deserves to be discussed and better understood. Efforts to revitalize historical memory must take a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach. The Quebec Conference of 1864 expresses a renewed historical interest over the last two decades in both the Quebec-Canada constitutional trajectory and the study of federalism. Contributors from a variety of disciplines argue that a more grounded understanding of the 72 Quebec Resolutions of 1864 is key to interpreting the internal architecture of the contemporary constitutional apparatus in Canada, and a new interpretation is crucial to appraise the progress made over the 150 years since the institution of federalism. The second volume in a series that began with The Constitutions That Shaped Us: A Historical Anthology of Pre-1867 Canadian Constitutions, this book reveals a society in constant transition, as well as the presence of national projects that live in tension with the Canadian federation.
Remaking North American Sovereignty
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Author : Jewel L. Spangler
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07
Remaking North American Sovereignty written by Jewel L. Spangler and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with History categories.
North America took its political shape in the crisis of the 1860s, marked by Canadian Confederation, the U.S. Civil War, the restoration of the Mexican Republic, and numerous wars and treaty regimes conducted between these states and indigenous peoples. This crisis wove together the three nation-states of modern North America from a patchwork of contested polities. Remaking North American Sovereignty brings together distinguished experts on the histories of Canada, indigenous peoples, Mexico, and the United States to re-evaluate this era of political transformation in light of the global turn in nineteenth-century historiography. They uncover the continental dimensions of the 1860s crisis that have been obscured by historical traditions that confine these conflicts within its national framework.
Canada And The World Since 1867
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Author : Asa McKercher
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-09-19
Canada And The World Since 1867 written by Asa McKercher and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with History categories.
This book is a history of Canada's role in the world as well as the impact of world events on Canada. Starting from the country's quasi-independence from Britain in 1867, its analysis moves through events in Canadian and global history to the present day. Looking at Canada's international relations from the perspective of elite actors and normal people alike, this study draws on original research and the latest work on Canadian international and transnational history to examine Canadians' involvement with a diverse mix of issues, from trade and aid, to war and peace, to human rights and migration. The book traces four inter-connected themes: independence and growing estrangement from Britain; the longstanding and ongoing tensions created by ever-closer relations with the United States; the huge movement of people from around the world into Canada; and the often overlooked but significant range of Canadian contacts with the non-Western world. With an emphasis on the reciprocal nature of Canada's involvement in world affairs, ultimately it is the first work to blend international and transnational approaches to the history of Canadian international relations.
The John A Macdonald Retrospective 2 Book Bundle
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Author : Ged Martin
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2014-10-29
The John A Macdonald Retrospective 2 Book Bundle written by Ged Martin and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and development. Ged Martin’s biography tells Macdonald’s story. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister. He drove the Dominion’s westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia before a railway contract scandal unseated him in 1873. He conquered his drinking problem and rebuilt the Conservative Party to regain power in 1878. The centrepiece of his protectionist National Policy was the transcontinental railway, but a western uprising in 1885 was followed by the controversial execution of rebel leader Louis Riel. Although dominant nationally, this popular hero had many flaws. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding prime minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the nascent economy, supervising westward expansion, overseeing relations with Native peoples, and dealing with Fenian terrorism. A special section deals with how Macdonald has (or has not) been remembered by historians as well as the general public. The book concludes with an afterword by prominent Macdonald biographer Richard Gwyn. Macdonald emerges as a man of full dimensions — an historical figure that is surprisingly relevant to our own times. Includes John A. Macdonald Macdonald at 200