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

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.

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

By Christopher Kobrak and Joe Martin

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, Joe Martin, Joe Kobrak Martin
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781442648210
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4821-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Rotman-Utp Publishing - Busine; Rotman-Utp Publishing - Busine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries