Dominion of capital : the politics of big business and the crisis of the Canadian bourgeoisie, 1914-1947 /

Nerbas, Don, 1980-

Dominion of capital : the politics of big business and the crisis of the Canadian bourgeoisie, 1914-1947 / Don Nerbas. - [CEL version. - Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 378 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits. - The Canadian social history series .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of New Brunswick, 2010) under the title: The politics of capital.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Canadian Capital in the Age of Empire -- Part One: Big Business from Triumph to Crisis. 1 Provincial Man of Mystery: Howard P. Robinson and the Politics of Capital in New Brunswick -- 2 Charles A. Dunning:A Progressive in Business and Politics -- 3 The Dilemma of Democracy: Sir Edward Beatty, the Railway Question, and National Government

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.



9781442662803


Industrial policy--History--Canada--20th century.


Electronic Books.

HD3616 / .D665 2013