The River Barons : Montreal businessmen and the growth of industry and transportation 1837-53 / Gerald Tulchinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerald Tulchinsky, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Canada--History.

Railroads.

Businessmen--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Businessmen.

Industries--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Industries.

Canada.

Québec--Montréal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this excursion into business and urban history, Professor Tulchinsky amplifies from a modern perspective the pioneering work of Creighton, Tucker, and Cooper.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The business community: the pattern of involvement; PART ONE / SHIPPING; 3 Montreal forwarding firms on the upper St Lawrence; 4 Shipping on the middle St Lawrence and Richelieu rivers; 5 Ocean shipping and trade; 6 John Young, Hugh Allan, and the advent of ocean steamshipping; PART TWO / RAILWAYS; 7 The Champlain and St Lawrence: Montreal's pioneer railway; 8 The St Lawrence and Atlantic Railway: the first stage 1844-6; 9 The completion of the St Lawrence and Atlantic 1846-53; 10 Western railway projects and rivalries 1846-53

11 The Montreal and New York Railway 1849-53PART THREE / INDUSTRY; 12 The rise of Montreal as a manufacturing centre; 13 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7502-5

OCLC:

1129180879