The River Barons: Montreal Businessmen and the Growth of Industry and Transportation 1837-53

by Gerald Tulchinsky

The River Barons charts the development of the business community in Montreal through the crucial years between 1837 and 1853, when the small commercial fraternity of the 1830s, responding to the challenge of a transportation revolution, grew much more complex and diversified. This period saw the beginning of the railway age in Canada, and the rapid extension of lines out from Montreal ensured the city's economic expansion. This was also the area...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585071
• ISBN13: 9781487585075
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher