Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War

Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War, 2025

Author: David Roberts

Pages: 408

Cloth: ISBN:9780774869584 | CAD 99.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780774869591 | CAD 39.95

Reviewer: Peter Price | Ottawa, Ontario

Publisher: UBC Press

The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman

The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman, 2024

Author: Gerald Friesen

Pages: 619

Cloth: ISBN:9781772840582 | CAD 39.95

Reviewer: Ryan Manucha | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada

Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada, 2024

Author: Jamie Jelinski

Pages: 424

Cloth: ISBN:9780228021988 | CAD 75.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780228025078 | CAD 55.00

Reviewer: Dr. Bettina Liverant | University of Calgary

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Selling Britishness: Commodity Culture, The Dominions, and Empire

Selling Britishness: Commodity Culture, The Dominions, and Empire, 2025

Author: Felicity Barnes

Pages: 264

Cloth: ISBN:9780228010517 | CAD 130.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780228010562 | CAD 44.95

Reviewer: Jodey Nurse | McGill University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future

The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future, 2022

Author: Stephen Poloz

Pages: 320

Paperback: ISBN:9780735243903 | CAD 25.95

Reviewer: Jeremy Mosher | Canadian Business History Association - Hamilton, Ontario

Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada

The Currency of Politics. The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes

The Currency of Politics. The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes, 2022

Author: Stefan Eich

Pages: 344

Cloth: ISBN:9780691191072 | USD 45.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780691235431 | USD 22.95

Reviewer: Catherine Desbarats | McGill University

Publisher: Princeton University Press

A Legacy of Exploitation: Early Capitalism in the Red River Colony, 1763-1821

A Legacy of Exploitation: Early Capitalism in the Red River Colony, 1763-1821, 2022

Author: Susan Dianne Brophy

Pages: 298

Cloth: ISBN:9780774866354 | CAD 89.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774866361 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: M. Max Hamon | University of Northern British Columbia

Publisher: UBC Press

No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot

No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot, 2022

Author: Wes Hall

Pages: 304

Cloth: ISBN:9781039002371 | CAD 34.00

Reviewer: Jeremy Mosher | CBHA

Publisher: Random House Canada

Empire Incorporated: The Corporations that built British Colonialism

Empire Incorporated: The Corporations that built British Colonialism, 2023

Author: Philip J. Stern

Pages: 408

Paperback: ISBN:9780674988125 | USD 35.00

Reviewer: Helen Dewar | Université de Montréal

Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University

Liquor and the Liberal State: Order Before Prohibition

Liquor and the Liberal State: Order Before Prohibition, 2022

Author: Dan Malleck

Pages: 416

Cloth: ISBN:9780774867160 | CAD 89.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774867177 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: W. M. Wilson | Oakville, Ontario

Publisher: UBC Press

The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy

The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy, 2023

Author: Eric Helleiner

Pages: 320

Paperback: ISBN:9781009337526 | USD 29.99

Reviewer: Quentin Bruneau | New School for Social Research

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War, 2021

Author: Ben Steil

Pages: 624

Paperback: ISBN:9780192843104 | GBP 15.99

Reviewer: Dr. Simon Berge | Dalhousie University

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Morgenthau: Power, Privilege and the Rise of an American Dynasty

Morgenthau: Power, Privilege and the Rise of an American Dynasty, 2022

Author: Andrew Meier

Pages: 1072

Cloth: ISBN:9781400068852 | USD 45.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780812981049 | USD 26.00

Reviewer: Keshav Krishnamurty | University of Toronto

Publisher: Random House

Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870-1920

Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870-1920, 2023

Author: Andrew Watson

Pages: 280

Cloth: ISBN:9780774867832 | CAD 89.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774867849 | CAD 32.95

Reviewer: Heather Nelson | Mount Royal University

Publisher: UBC Press

States and the Masters of Capital: Sovereign Lending, Old and New

States and the Masters of Capital: Sovereign Lending, Old and New, 2022

Author: Quentin Bruneau

Pages: 240

Cloth: ISBN:9780231204682 | USD 140.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780231204699 | USD 35.00

Reviewer: Angela Tozer | University of New Brunswick

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Lessons from a Successfully Export-Oriented, Resource-Rich Economy: Quantitative Adventures into Canada’s Past

Lessons from a Successfully Export-Oriented, Resource-Rich Economy: Quantitative Adventures into Canada’s Past, 2022

Author: Morris Altman

Pages: 472

Cloth: ISBN:9783031038860 | USD 109.00

Reviewer: Vincent Geloso | George Mason University

Publisher: Springer

The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War

The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War, 2022

Author: Nicholas Mulder

Pages: 434

Cloth: ISBN:9780300259360 | USD 32.50

Paperback: ISBN:9780300270488 | USD 24.00

Reviewer: Matthew J. Bellamy | Carleton University

Publisher: Yale University Press

Thanks for the Business: K.C. Irving, Arthur Irving, and the Story of Irving Oil

Thanks for the Business: K.C. Irving, Arthur Irving, and the Story of Irving Oil, 2020

Author: Donald Savoie

Pages: 352

Cloth: ISBN: N/A | CAD 29.95

Reviewer: Dimitry Anastakis | University of Toronto

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada's Most Powerful Media Mogul

Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada's Most Powerful Media Mogul, 2022

Author: Mark Bourrie

Pages: 414

Paperback: ISBN:9781771964944 | CAD 24.95

Reviewer: Tim Kennish | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: Biblioasis

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698-1842

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698-1842, 2020

Author: Susan E. Schoop

Pages: 193

Cloth: ISBN:9789888528509 | HK 570.00

Reviewer: Jessica Hanser | University of British Columbia

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada’s Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada’s Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930, 2022

Author: Mark Kuhlberg

Pages: 261

Cloth: ISBN:9781487508975 | CAD 95.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781487526474 | CAD 42.95

Reviewer: Jean-Philip Mathieu | McGill University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Whom Fortune Favours: The Bank of Montreal and the Rise of North American Finance, Volume 1 & 2

Whom Fortune Favours: The Bank of Montreal and the Rise of North American Finance, Volume 1 & 2, 2020

Author: Laurence B. Mussio

Pages: 752

Cloth: ISBN:9780228000686 | CAD 105.00

Reviewer: Éric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Banks, Exchanges, and Regulators: Global Financial Markets from the 1970s

Banks, Exchanges, and Regulators: Global Financial Markets from the 1970s, 2021

Author: Ranald C. Michie

Pages: 768

Cloth: ISBN:9780199553730 | USD 170.00

Reviewer: Matthew J. Bellamy | Carleton University

Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Financial Crisis of 2008: A History of US Financial Markets, 2000-2012

The Financial Crisis of 2008: A History of US Financial Markets, 2000-2012, 2021

Author: Barrie A. Wigmore

Pages: 410

Cloth: ISBN:9781108837637 | USD 39.99

Reviewer: Mark S. Bonham | University of Toronto

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Cigarette Nation: Business, Health, and Canadian Smokers, 1930-1975

Cigarette Nation: Business, Health, and Canadian Smokers, 1930-1975, 2021

Author: Daniel J. Robinson

Pages: 352

Cloth: ISBN:9780228005315 | CAD 150.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780228005322 | CAD 43.95

Reviewer: Nicholas Fast | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Newspaper Axis: Six Newspaper Barons Who Enabled Hitler

The Newspaper Axis: Six Newspaper Barons Who Enabled Hitler, 2022

Author: Kathryn S. Olmsted

Pages: 328

Cloth: ISBN:9780300256420 | USD 30.00

Reviewer: Michael Stamm | Michigan State University

Publisher: Yale University Press

J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism: From the Wall Street Crash to World War II

J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism: From the Wall Street Crash to World War II, 2022

Author: Martin Horn

Pages: 328

Cloth: ISBN:9781108498371 | CAD 45.95

Reviewer: Mary Tone Rodgers | State University of New York at Oswego

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Making Commercial Law Through Practice, 1830-1970

Making Commercial Law Through Practice, 1830-1970, 2021

Author: Ross Cranston

Pages: 484

Cloth: ISBN:9781107198890 | CAD 126.95

Paperback: ISBN:9781316648377 | CAD 51.95

Reviewer: James Muir | University of Alberta

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

In the Kingdom of Shoes: Bata, Zlín, Globalization, 1894–1945

In the Kingdom of Shoes: Bata, Zlín, Globalization, 1894–1945, 2021

Author: Zachary Austin Doleshal

Pages: 272

Paperback: ISBN:9781487524449 | CAD 42.95

Reviewer: Víctor Muñoz Sanz | Delft University of Technology

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Tata: The Global Corporation that Built Indian Capitalism

Tata: The Global Corporation that Built Indian Capitalism, 2021

Author: Mircea Raianu

Pages: 304

Cloth: ISBN:9780674984516 | USD 32.95

Reviewer: Raveendra Chittoor | University of Victoria

Publisher: Harvard University Press

British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946, The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand

British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946, The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand, 2021

Author: Michael F. Hopkins

Pages: 256

Cloth: ISBN:9781316512357 | USD 80.00

Reviewer: Martin Horn | McMaster University

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led to Britain’s Worst Defeat of the First World War

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led to Britain’s Worst Defeat of the First World War, 2021

Author: Nicholas A. Lambert

Pages: 358

Cloth: ISBN:9780197545201 | USD 60.00

Reviewer: Stephen Salmon | Steamer Consulting

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Opportunism & Goodwill: Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867-1979

Opportunism & Goodwill: Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867-1979, 2021

Author: Stefano Tijerina

Pages: 224

Cloth: ISBN:9781442646865 | CAD 68.00

Reviewer: Laura Macdonald | Carleton University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Deutsche Bank: The Global Hausbank, 1870-2020

Deutsche Bank: The Global Hausbank, 1870-2020, 2020

Author: Werner Plumpe, Alexander Nützenadel, and Catherine R. Schenk

Pages: 224

Cloth: ISBN:9781472977328 | USD 40.00

Reviewer: Matthew J. Bellamy | Carleton University

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Thinking Big: A History of the Winnipeg Business Community to the Second World War

Thinking Big: A History of the Winnipeg Business Community to the Second World War, 2021

Author: Jim Blanchard

Pages: 252

Paperback: ISBN:9781773370590 | CAD 24.95

Reviewer: Douglas Panting | Winnepig, Manitoba

Publisher: Great Plains Publications

The Company: The Rise and Fall of The Hudson’s Bay’s Empire

The Company: The Rise and Fall of The Hudson’s Bay’s Empire, 2020

Author: Stephen R. Bown

Pages: 252

Paperback: ISBN:9780385694094 | CAD 24.95

Reviewer: Scott Berthelette | Queen’s University

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Colonialism’s Currency: Money, State, and First Nations in Canada, 1820-1950

Colonialism’s Currency: Money, State, and First Nations in Canada, 1820-1950, 2020

Author: Brian Gettler

Pages: 336

Cloth: ISBN:9780228001171 | CAD 140.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780228001188 | CAD 43.95

Reviewer: George Colpitts | University of Calgary

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Viva M·A·C: Aids, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of M·A·C Cosmetics

Viva M·A·C: Aids, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of M·A·C Cosmetics, 2019

Author: Andrea Benoit

Pages: 312

Cloth: ISBN:9781487500405 | CAD 90.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781487520281 | CAD 37.95

Reviewer: Catherine Carstairs | University of Guelph

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis

The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis, 2019

Author: Sheilagh Ogilvie

Pages: 688

Cloth: ISBN:9780691137544 | USD 45.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780691217024 | USD 32.00

Reviewer: Éric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Corporate Cataclysm: Abitibi Power & Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912-1946

Corporate Cataclysm: Abitibi Power & Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912-1946, 2020

Author: Barry E.C. Boothman

Pages: 645

Cloth: ISBN:9781487505561 | CAD 95.00

Reviewer: Virginia Torrie | University of Manitoba

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Creating Global Shipping: Aristotle Onassis, the Vagliano Brothers, and the Business of Shipping, c.1820-1970

Creating Global Shipping: Aristotle Onassis, the Vagliano Brothers, and the Business of Shipping, c.1820-1970, 2019

Author: Gelina Harlaftis

Pages: 398

Cloth: ISBN:9781108475396 | CAD 149.95

Reviewer: Walter Lewis | Grafton, Ontario

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Golden Years: Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup Hockey Picture Promotion, 1934-1968

The Golden Years: Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup Hockey Picture Promotion, 1934-1968, 2020

Author: Don Pillar and Aubrey Ferguson

Pages: 296

Cloth: ISBN:9781771367431 | CAD 52.50

Reviewer: Mark Kuhlberg | Laurentian University

Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, 2020

Author: Virginia Torrie

Pages: 312

Cloth: ISBN:9781487506421 | CAD 83.00

Reviewer: Tim Kennish | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921-1931

Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921-1931, 2020

Author: Nathan Marcus

Pages: 312

Cloth: ISBN:9780674088924 | USD 58.00

Reviewer: William A. Allen | National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, England

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Purchasing Power: Women and the Rise of a Canadian Consumer Culture

Purchasing Power: Women and the Rise of a Canadian Consumer Culture, 2020

Author: Donica Belisle

Pages: 312

Cloth: ISBN:9781442631137 | CAD 85.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781442629110 | CAD 29.95

Reviewer: Bettina Liverant | University of Calgary

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700

Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700, 2020

Author: Ron Harris

Pages: 488

Cloth: ISBN:9780691150772 | USD 48.00

Reviewer: Éric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Brewed in the North: A History of Labatt’s

Brewed in the North: A History of Labatt’s, 2019

Author: Matthew J. Bellamy

Pages: 464

Cloth: ISBN:9780773559158 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Michael Dove | Western University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816-1980

China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816-1980, 2020

Author: Robert Bickers

Pages: 543

Cloth: ISBN:9781472949943 | EUR 21.00

Reviewer: Marc Levinson | Washington, DC

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Max Beaverbrook: Not Quite a Gentleman

Max Beaverbrook: Not Quite a Gentleman, 2019

Author: Charles Williams

Pages: 576

Cloth: ISBN:9781849547468 | EUR 25.00

Reviewer: Gregory P. Marchildon | University of Toronto

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Back to Beer ... and Hockey: The Story of Eric Molson

Back to Beer ... and Hockey: The Story of Eric Molson, 2018

Author: Helen Antoniou

Pages: 464

Cloth: ISBN:9780773552876 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Steven Bright | Oakville, Ontario

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers: Cooperatives, Market Regulation, and Free Enterprise

The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers: Cooperatives, Market Regulation, and Free Enterprise, 2019

Author: Paul D. Earl

Pages: 368

Cloth: ISBN:9780887558443 | CAD 27.95

Reviewer: Joe Martin | University of Toronto

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700

A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700, 2018

Author: Tirthankar Roy

Pages: 310

Paperback: ISBN:9781316637487 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Sanjeev Kumar | Oakville, Ontario

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management

Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, 2018

Author: Caitlin Rosenthal

Pages: 320

Cloth: ISBN:9780674972094 | USD 38.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780674241657 | USD 22.00

Reviewer: Cheryl Susan McWatters | University of Ottawa

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867-1917

Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867-1917, 2017

Author: A. Heaman

Pages: 600

Cloth: ISBN:9780773549623 | CAD 45.95

Reviewer: Herb Emery | University of New Brunswick

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Between Stone and Stars: A Memoir

Between Stone and Stars: A Memoir, 2018

Author: Fredrik S. Eaton

Pages: 320

Reviewer: William Fong | Montréal, Quebec

Publisher: Barlow Books

Laid Low: Inside the Crisis that Overwhelmed Europe and the IMF

Laid Low: Inside the Crisis that Overwhelmed Europe and the IMF, 2016

Author: Paul Blustein

Pages: 485

Cloth: ISBN:9781928096337 | CAD 110.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781928096252 | CAD 28.00

Reviewer: Sevda Sparks | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880

Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880, 2019

Author: Graham D. Taylor

Pages: 380

Paperback: ISBN:9781773850351 | CAD 39.99

Reviewer: Andrew Watson | University of Saskatchewan

Publisher: University of Calgary Press

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence and the Pillage of an Empire

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence and the Pillage of an Empire, 2019

Author: William Dalrymple

Pages: 576

Cloth: ISBN:9781635573954 | CAD 47.50

Paperback: ISBN:9781635575804 | CAD 29.00

Reviewer: Sanjeev Kumar | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Master and Servants: The Hudson’s Bay Company and its North American Workforce, 1668-1786

Master and Servants: The Hudson’s Bay Company and its North American Workforce, 1668-1786, 2019

Author: Scott P. Stephen

Pages: 448

Paperback: ISBN:9781772123371 | CAD 49.99

Reviewer: Ann M. Carlos | University of Colorado Boulder

Publisher: University of Alberta Press

Never Rest on Your Ores: Building A Mining Company, One Stone at a Time

Never Rest on Your Ores: Building A Mining Company, One Stone at a Time, 2017

Author: Norman B. Keevil

Pages: 496

Cloth: ISBN:9780773551558 | CAD 39.95

Reviewer: Mark Kuhlberg | Laurentian University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Making Managers in Canada, 1945-1995: Companies, Colleges, and Universities

Making Managers in Canada, 1945-1995: Companies, Colleges, and Universities, 2018

Author: Jason Russell

Pages: 256

Cloth: ISBN:9781138691315 | USD 127.50

Reviewer: Patricia Genoe McLaren | Wilfrid Laurier University

Publisher: Routledge

Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America

Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America, 2018

Author: Michael Stamm

Pages: 376

Cloth: ISBN:9781421426051 | USD 52.00

Reviewer: Barry E.C. Boothman | University of New Brunswick

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Turbulent Empires: A History of Global Capitalism since 1945

Turbulent Empires: A History of Global Capitalism since 1945, 2018

Author: Mike Mason

Pages: 344

Cloth: ISBN:9780773553217 | CAD 45.95

Reviewer: Éric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Adman’s Dilemma: From Barnum to Trump

The Adman’s Dilemma: From Barnum to Trump, 2018

Author: Paul Rutherford

Pages: 480

Cloth: ISBN:9781487503901 | CAD 128.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781487522988 | CAD 49.95

Reviewer: Michael Stamm | University of Michigan

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919

Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919, 2014

Author: Thomas G. W. Telfer

Pages: 297

Cloth: ISBN:9780802093431 | USD 75.00

Reviewer: Jeffrey L. McNairn | Queen’s University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Accounting for Capitalism. The World the Clerk Made

Accounting for Capitalism. The World the Clerk Made, 2018

Author: Michael Zakim

Pages: 272

Cloth: ISBN:9780226977973 | USD 29.00

Reviewer: Jason Russell | SUNY – Empire State College

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Right Hand Man: How Phil Lind Guided the Genius of Ted Rogers, Canada’s Foremost Entrepreneur

Right Hand Man: How Phil Lind Guided the Genius of Ted Rogers, Canada’s Foremost Entrepreneur, 2018

Author: Phil Lind with Robert Brehl

Pages: 272

Cloth: ISBN:9781988025339 | CAD 29.99

Reviewer: Minko Sotiron | John Abbott College

Publisher: Barlow Books

Powering Up Canada: A History of Power, Fuel, and Energy from 1600

Powering Up Canada: A History of Power, Fuel, and Energy from 1600, 2016

Author: R. W. Sandwell

Pages: 496

Cloth: ISBN:9780773547858 | CAD 140.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780773547865 | CAD 43.95

Reviewer: Colin M. Coates | York University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modernization of Canadian Political Imaginary

The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modernization of Canadian Political Imaginary, 2018

Author: David Tough

Pages: 200

Cloth: ISBN:9780774836777 | CAD 89.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774836784 | CAD 32.95

Reviewer: Éric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: UBC Press

Unstoppable: The story of asset-based finance and leasing in Canada

Unstoppable: The story of asset-based finance and leasing in Canada, 2015

Author: Beth Parker

Pages: 303

Paperback: ISBN:9781988025049 | CAD 25.99

Reviewer: Tim Kennish | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: Barlow Books

Selling Out or Buying In?  Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985

Selling Out or Buying In? Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985, 2018

Author: Michael Dawson

Pages: 224

Cloth: ISBN:9781487502201 | CAD 82.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781487521868 | CAD 37.95

Reviewer: Sarah Elvins | University of Manitoba

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital

Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital, 2015

Author: Alexia M. Yates

Pages: 368

Cloth: ISBN:9780674088214 | USD 60.00

Reviewer: E. A. Heaman | McGill University

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945

Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945, 2015

Author: J. Andrew Ross

Pages: 456

Cloth: ISBN:9780815633839 | USD 49.95

Reviewer: Diego M. Coraiola | University of Alberta

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Snacks: A Canadian Food History

Snacks: A Canadian Food History, 2017

Author: Janice Thiessen

Pages: 352

Cloth: ISBN:9780887557996 | USD 27.95

Reviewer: Patrice Dutil | Ryerson University

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Opium and Empire: The Lives of William Jardine and James Matheson

Opium and Empire: The Lives of William Jardine and James Matheson, 2014

Author: Richard J. Grace

Pages: 453

Cloth: ISBN:9780773544529 | USD 34.95

Reviewer: Sevda Sparks | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Back From the Brink: Lessons from the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Crisis

Back From the Brink: Lessons from the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Crisis, 2016

Author: Paul Halpern, Caroline Cakebread, Christopher C. Nicholls and Poonam Puri

Pages: 251

Cloth: ISBN:978144261 | CAD 35.95

Reviewer: Geoffrey Poitras | Simon Fraser University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World

Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World, 2016

Author: Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

Pages: 768

Cloth: ISBN:9780226333991 | USD 45.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780226527932 | USD 32.00

Reviewer: David González Agudo | University of British Columbia

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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

From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance, 2018

Author: Christopher Kobrak and Joe Martin

Pages: 401

Cloth: ISBN:9781442648210 | CAD 34.95

Paperback: ISBN:9781442616257 | CAD 90.00

Reviewer: Christopher Armstrong | York University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Buying Happiness: The Emergence of Consumer Consciousness in English Canada

Buying Happiness: The Emergence of Consumer Consciousness in English Canada, 2018

Author: Bettina Liverant

Pages: 304

Cloth: ISBN:9780774835138 | CAD 89.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774835145 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: James Hull | University of British Columbia

Publisher: UBC Press

Anthropologists in the Stock Exchange: A Financial History of Victorian Science

Anthropologists in the Stock Exchange: A Financial History of Victorian Science, 2016

Author: Marc Flandreau

Pages: 416

Cloth: ISBN:9780226360300 | USD 113.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780226360447 | USD 38.00

Reviewer: Emily Buchnea | Northumbria University

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax

Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax, 2016

Author: James Muir

Pages: 416

Cloth: ISBN:9781487501037 | CAD 70.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781487523169 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: Douglas McCalla | University of Guelph

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Breakdown: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of Heenan Blaikie

Breakdown: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of Heenan Blaikie, 2017

Author: Norman Bacal

Pages: 352

Cloth: ISBN:9781988025155 | CAD 29.95

Reviewer: Tim Kennish | Toronto, Ontario

Publisher: Barlow Books

The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present

The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present, 2016

Author: Steven G. Marks

Pages: 352

Cloth: ISBN:9781107108684 | CAD 103.95

Reviewer: Amir Lavie | University of Toronto

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Give and Take: The Citizen Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy

Give and Take: The Citizen Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy, 2017

Author: Shirley Tillotson

Pages: 448

Cloth: ISBN:9780774836722 | CAD 39.95

Paperback: ISBN:9780774836739 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: Graham Taylor | Trent University

Publisher: UBC Press

Smart Globalization: The Canadian Business and Economic History Experience

Smart Globalization: The Canadian Business and Economic History Experience, 2014

Author: Andrew Smith and Dimitry Anastakis

Pages: 256

Cloth: ISBN:9781442648043 | CAD 83.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781442616127 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Andrew Watson | University of Saskatchewan

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Consumers in the Bush: Shopping in Rural Canada

Consumers in the Bush: Shopping in Rural Canada, 2015

Author: Douglas McCalla

Pages: 312

Cloth: ISBN:9780773544994 | CAD 125.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780773545007 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Bettina Liverant | University of Calgary

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Up and to the Right: The Story of John W. Dobson and His Formula Growth Fund

Up and to the Right: The Story of John W. Dobson and His Formula Growth Fund, 2013

Author: Craig Toomey

Pages: 214

Cloth: ISBN:9780773543799 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: Justin Douglas | University of Toronto

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

The Routledge Companion to Business History

The Routledge Companion to Business History, 2016

Author: John F. Wilson, Steven Toms, Abe de Jong, and Emily Buchnea

Pages: 394

Cloth: ISBN:9780415855563 | USD 225.00

Reviewer: Patricia Genoe McLaren | Wilfrid Laurier University

Publisher: Routledge

Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life

Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life, 2014

Author: David M. Culver with Alan Freeman

Pages: 260

Cloth: ISBN:9780773543553 | CAD 40.95

Reviewer: Keith Fleming | Western University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-electricity during Canada’s Second World War

Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-electricity during Canada’s Second World War, 2015

Author: Matthew Evenden

Pages: 290

Cloth: ISBN:9781442648500 | CAD 91.00

Paperback: ISBN:9781442626256 | CAD 45.95

Reviewer: Mark Kuhlberg | Laurentian University

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

The Cambridge History of Capitalism

The Cambridge History of Capitalism, 2014

Author: Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Pages: 628

Cloth: ISBN:9781107019638 | CAD 123.95

Paperback: ISBN:9781107583283 | CAD 55.95

Reviewer: Eric Pecile | University of Toronto

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose

Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose, 2013

Author: Donald J. Savoie

Pages: 336

Cloth: ISBN:9780773543218 | CAD 34.95

Reviewer: Jon Mackay | Wilfrid Laurier University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal, 1819-1849

Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal, 1819-1849, 2015

Author: Robert C. H. Sweeny

Pages: 436

Cloth: ISBN:9780773545373 | CAD 110.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780773545380 | CAD 39.95

Reviewer: Daniel Simeone | McGill University

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

When Wheat Was King: The Rise and Fall of the Canadian-UK Grain Trade

When Wheat Was King: The Rise and Fall of the Canadian-UK Grain Trade, 2016

Author: André Magnan

Pages: 216

Cloth: ISBN:9780774831130 | CAD 95.00

Paperback: ISBN:9780774831147 | CAD 32.95

Reviewer: Matthew J. Bellamy | Carleton University

Publisher: UBC Press