From Wall Street to Bay Street - The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance

In the first book for a lay audience to tackle the similarities and differences between the financial systems of Canada and the United States, authors Kobrak and Martin reveal the different paths each system has taken since the early 19th century.

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Foreign and Domestic Beginnings: From Colonies to the Civil War
Chapter 2: Transitional Decade: The Rebirth and Birth of Nations
Chapter 3: The Maturing: 1869-1914
Chapter 4: "The Great Disorder" and Growing Social Demands: 1914-1945
Chapter 5: The Short Pax Americana: 1945-2000
Chapter 6: Conclusions: Continuities and Discontinuities in North American Finance leading to 2008

About the author

Joseph E. Martin is the Director of the Canadian Business and Financial History Initiative at the Rotman School of Management as well as President Emeritus of Canada’s History Society.

Summary

From Wall Street to Bay Street is the first book for a lay audience to tackle the similarities and differences between the financial systems of Canada and the United States. Christopher Kobrak and Joe Martin reveal the different paths each system has taken since the early nineteenth-century.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Kobrak, Christopher Kobrak, Joe Martin, Joe Kobrak Martin
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781442616257
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1625-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing; Rotman-UTP Publishing
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Kanada, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Finanzen, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse