Profits and Politics: Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance

by Gregory P. Marchildon

Book Overview

It has been said of Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook) that 'no other Canadian carved his name so large upon his times.' A manipulative, self-serving charmer with immense business acumen, Aitken knew all the important Canadian financiers of his day, and repeatedly demonstrated his remarkable skill for making money in the field of corporate finance. In this book Gregory Marchildon looks at the entrepreneurial history of Max Aitken and his core...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487524978
• ISBN13: 9781487524975
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"