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Blue skies and boiler rooms : buying and selling securities in Canada, 1870-1940 / Christopher Armstrong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stock exchanges--Canada--History.
- Stock exchanges.
- Securities industry--Canada--History.
- Securities industry.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (419 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms€ describes the evolution of the securities market in Canada, from the onset of trading, through the boom of the 1920s and the depression of the 1930s, to the outbreak of the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- 1 Beginnings
- 2 Selling Stuff
- 3 The Development of the Exchanges
- 4 Blue Skies
- 5 War Clouds
- 6 Highbinders and Re-Loaders
- 7 Fighting Fraud
- 8 Crash
- 9 Into the Depths
- 10 The Ordeal of F.H. Deacon
- 11 Reform
- 12 Challenges
- 13 Revival Stalled
- 14 Uncertainty
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX: Volume of Securities Traded on Canadian Stock Exchanges, 1901-1936
- NOTES
- PHOTO CREDITS
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5634-4
- 1-4426-3304-2
- OCLC:
- 929153331
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