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Canadian Business History Association Annual General Meeting – Save the Date

Canadian Business History Association Annual General Meeting – Save the Date

The Annual General Meeting details for the CBHA/ACHA is as follows: Date: Wednesday January 25th, 2023 at 5:15 pm ESTLocation: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St George Street, Room RT157, Toronto, Ontario Agenda Guest Speaker 6:00 pmVirginia Torrie and

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Martin Horn, J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism: From the Wall Street Crash to World War II, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022. xii +393pp., footnotes, figures, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. Hardcover, ISBN: 9781108498371. £29.99, Cdn$45.95. Read

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Ross Cranston, Making Commercial Law Through Practice, 1830-1970, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021. xliv + 484pp., figures, tables, index. Cloth; ISBN: 978-1-107-19889-0, Cdn$126.95. Read the book review HERE.

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Zachary Austin Doleshal, In the Kingdom of Shoes: Bata, Zlín, Globalization, 1894–1945, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2021. xvi + 272pp., figures, table, notes, bibliography, index. Paper; ISBN:9781487524449. Read the book review HERE.

CBHA/ACHA President Joe Martin Writes on The 1929 Stock Market Crash: A Tale of Two Cities

CBHA/ACHA President Joe Martin Writes on The 1929 Stock Market Crash: A Tale of Two Cities

Joe Martin, President of the Canadian Business History Association, contributes the article The 1929 Stock Market Crash: A Tale of Two Cities. We present the following Summary, followed by the full text version of the article:

CBHA/ACHA Talk: A Look Backwards at Canada’s Forest Product Industry Now Available for Viewing on YouTube

CBHA/ACHA Talk: A Look Backwards at Canada’s Forest Product Industry Now Available for Viewing on YouTube

The CBHA/ACHA Talk on the history of Canada’s forest products industry is now available on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube Channel. You can view the presentation HERE. This presentation examines the historic trends of end markets for Canada’s forest products.  We present

CBHA/ACHA Talk: A Look Backwards at Canada’s Forest Product Industry

CBHA/ACHA Talk:  A Look Backwards at Canada’s Forest Product Industry

Join us for our next presentation in the CBHA/ACHA Talks Series. This presentation will examine the historic trends of end markets for Canada’s forest products.  We will present the commercial responses from Canadian companies following from these trends, including recent

New Book Review Added

Mircea Raianu, Tata: The Global Corporation that Built Indian Capitalism, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2021. xiii + 291pp., figures, appendix, notes, index. Hardcover; ISBN: 9780674984516. US$39.95. Read the book review HERE.

New Book Review Added

Michael F. Hopkins, ed., British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946, The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for The Royal Historical Society, Camden Fifth Series, volume 62, 2021, Xviii +

Million Dollar Quest – We Made It!

Million Dollar Quest – We Made It!

The CBHA/ACHA is pleased to announce that the organization reached our goal of raising $1 million in additional endowed funding for the organization. This success triggers the matching $1 million in endowed funding from The Wilson Foundation. Together with the