Uncategorized

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Nathan Marcus, Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921-1931. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018. ix + 546pp., illustrations, figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth; ISBN 9780674088924, US$51.50. Read the book review HERE.

Webinar Talk In Conversation With Donald K. Johnson Now Available on CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel

The CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk In Conversation With Donald K. Johnson: The Sale Begins When the Customer Says No is now available on the organization’s YouTube Channel for viewing. Host: Lawrence Bloomberg, Chair of the Board of Directors of BloombergSen Inc.Moderator:

CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk Big Oil, Big Auto: History’s Lessons for Big Tech Now Available for Viewing on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel

CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk Big Oil, Big Auto: History’s Lessons for Big Tech  Now Available for Viewing on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel

The CBHA/ACHA’s recent panel discussion on Big Oil, Big Auto: History’s Lessons for Big Tech is now available for viewing on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel. Moderator:  Howard Green, noted bestselling author, communications consultant and former broadcaster.Panelists:Professor Dimitry Anastakis, University of

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Donica Belisle, Purchasing Power: Women and the Rise of a Canadian Consumer Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020. ix + 262pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth; ISBN 9781442631137, $85.00, Paper; ISBN 9781442629110, $29.95. Read the book review HERE.

Join us for the next Canadian Business History Webinar: Big Oil, Big Auto and Anti-Trust-History’s Lessons for Big Tech?

Join us for the next Canadian Business History Webinar: Big Oil, Big Auto and Anti-Trust-History’s Lessons for Big Tech?

At the turn of the 20th century, John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was a force to be reckoned with. In the year 1904, it controlled 91% of oil production and 85% of final sales in the United States.  As a

CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk “History of Banking” Now Available on YouTube Channel

The April 14th CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk “150 Years of Canadian Banking and a Look Into the Future” is now available for viewing on the organization’s YouTube Channel. The Canadian Banking System has a stellar international reputation. This is NOT because

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Ron Harris, Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. xiii + 465pp., maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth; ISBN: 9780691150772, US$39.95. Read the book review HERE.

CBHA Webinar Talk – 150 Years of Canadian Banking

Join us for another in our CBHA/ACHA Webinar series. 150 Years of Canadian Banking and a Look Into the Future Date:  Wednesday April 14th, 2021Time:  2:00 pm EST The Canadian Banking System has a stellar international reputation. This is NOT

Webinar Talk “The Business of Archives” Now Available on CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel

Webinar Talk “The Business of Archives” Now Available on CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel

The CBHA/ACHA Webinar Talk of March 14th, 2021 on The Business of Archives is now available on the society’s YouTube Channel. In this presentation, our panelists delve into the issues around creating and maintaining business archives.  Why are archives so important

Two New Book Reviews Added

Two New Book Reviews Added

Robert Bickers, China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816-1980, London: Bloomsbury, 2020. ix + 534pp., illustrations, photographs, archival sources, notes, index. Cloth; ISBN: 9781472949943,  £27.00. Matthew J. Bellamy, Brewed in the North: A History of Labatt’s. Montréal,