Dominion of Capital - The Politics of Big Business Crisis of Canadian Bourgeoisie, 1914

Dominion of Capital offers a new account of relations between government and business in Canada during a period of transition between the established expectations of the National Policy and the uncertain future of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Canadian Capital in the Age of Empire

Part One: Big Business from Triumph to Crisis

Chapter One

Provincial Man of Mystery:

Howard P. Robinson and the Politics of Capital in New Brunswick

Chapter Two

Charles A. Dunning:

A Progressive in Business and Politics

Chapter Three

The Dilemma of Democracy:

Sir Edward Beatty, the Railway Question, and National Government

Part Two: Continentalism and the Managerial Ethic

Chapter Four

Stewardship and Dependency:

Sam McLaughlin, General Motors, and the Labour Question

Chapter Five

Engineering Canada:

C.D. Howe and Canadian Big Business

Conclusion

Après le déluge

Endnotes

About the author

By Don Nerbas

Summary

Dominion of Capital offers a new account of relations between government and business in Canada during a period of transition between the established expectations of the National Policy and the uncertain future of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Don Nerbas
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2013
• EAN: 9781442645455
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4545-5
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History; Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education