Blue skies and boiler rooms : buying and selling securities in Canada, 1870-1940 / / Christopher Armstrong

• Autore: Armstrong Christopher <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.64/271
• Soggetto topico: Stock exchanges - Canada - History; Securities industry - Canada - History
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Blue skies and boiler rooms
• ISBN: 1-4426-5634-4; 1-4426-3304-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797238503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II