A History of Canadian Wealth
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Myers, Gustavus (Author)
Title
A History of Canadian Wealth
Abstract
In this pioneering work, Gustavus Myers lays bare the corruption, swindling, land deals, and bribery that are at the basis of Canadian history. This is Canada's past seen through the eyes of a muckraker, and in it the heroes of other histories appear in quite a different light. This book was first published in 1914—in the United States. It has never before been published in Canada. Canadian historians have mostly ignored, suppressed, or mocked it. But history is not the preserve of apologists for big business and the political parties, and A History of Canadian Wealth is certain to be widely read and recognized at last as a classic. A landmark revisionist history of Canada, A History of Canadian Wealth remains as lively and startling as it was when first published. --Publisher's description (Lorimer, 1st Canadian edition, 1972, with an introduction by Stanley Ryerson).
Place
Chicago
Publisher
Charles H. Kerr Publishing
Date
1914
# of Pages
vi, 337 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-0-88862-016-3 978-0-88862-017-0
Library Catalog
Open WorldCat
Extra
OCLC: 1016190548
Notes
Issued as volume 1 of a projected 2-volume series, but the second volume was not published.
Contents: The quest of trade and new sources of wealth -- The ecclesiastical and feudal lords -- The Hudson’s Bay Company -- Wars of the fur traders and companies -- The landed and mercantile oligarchy -- The landed proprietors -- Revolt against feudalism -- Sovereignty of the Hudson’s Bay Company -- Passing of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s sovereignty -- Inception of the railroad power -- First period of railway promoters -- Contest for the Pacific railway -- Era of railway magnates -- Progress of the railway lords -- Extension of railway possessions -- Appropriate of coal, timber and other lands -- Distribution of railway subsidies.
Citation
Myers, G. (1914). A History of Canadian Wealth. Charles H. Kerr Publishing. https://archive.org/details/historycanadian00myergoog
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