Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History Book

Preface

Introduction

Part One: Laying the Foundations, 1850?1905 Case 1: Origins of Financial Stability in Canada: The Bank Act of 1871 ROBERT M. MACINTOSH Case 2: ‘Carpets, Lace & Champagne’: The Hudson’s Bay Company after the Deed of Surrender JOHN GEIGER, with guidance from JOE MARTIN Case 3: Canada’s First Great Manufacturing Enterprise: The Story of Massey-Harris JOHN TURLEY EWART and STEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINPart Two: Wars, Depressions, and Dynamic Growth, 1905?55 Case 4: ‘Irrational Exuberance’: The Creation of the CNRJOE MARTINCase 5: The Role of Trade Policy in the Rise of the Canadian Automobile IndustrySTEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 6: Eaton’s: From the Great Depression to the Challenge from Simpsons-SearsRICHARD MATERN and JOE MARTINPart Three: The Buoyant Years, 1955?80Case 7: The ‘Coyne Affair’ at the Bank of CanadaKATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 8: The End of Monopoly: A New World at IncoANNE METTE DE PLACE FILIPPINI and JOE MARTINCase 9: Canada’s Black Gold: From the Leduc Discovery to the National Energy ProgramSTEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINPart Four: The Challenging Years, 1980?2005Case 10: The Free Trade Agreement and the Canadian Wine IndustryDAVID SMITH, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 11: The Collapse of Confederation LifeROD MCQUEEN, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 12: RBC Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowKATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 13: Canada: The Next Oil Superpower?STEWART MELANSON and JOE MARTINConclusion

General Bibliography

Index