Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Andrew Smith ,  Dimitry Anastakis
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781442648043

ISBN 10:   144264804
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   24 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Joe Martin (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management) Introduction – Andrew Smith (University of Liverpool, Management School) and Dimitry Anastakis (Trent University, History) Politics and Power in the British World: Ontario’s Hydro-Electric Policy, Canada and the City of London, 1905-1910 – Andrew Dilley (University of Aberdeen, History) “in the public interest to encourage the growth of this new industry”:  The Myth of Provincial Protectionism in Ontario’s Forest Industry, 1890-1930 – Mark Kuhlberg (Laurentian University, History) Managing a War Metal: The International Nickel Company’s First World War – Daryl White (Grande Prairie Regional College, History) Natural Resource Exports and Development in Settler Economies during the First Great Globalization Era:  Northwestern Ontario and South Australia, 1905-1915 – Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University, Economics), J.C. Herbert Emery (University of Calgary, Economics) and Martin P. Shanahan ( University of South Australia, Dean of Research) Infant Industry Protection and the Growth of Canada’s Cotton Mills: A Test of the Chang Hypothesis – Michael Hinton (The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)       Imperialism, Continentalism and Multilateralism: The Making of a Modern Canadian Automotive Industry – Greig Mordue (Toyoto Canada, General Manager Corporate Planning and Communication) The Whisky Kings: The International Expansion of the Seagram Company 1933-1995 – Graham D. Taylor (Trent University, History) Am I Canadian? Globalization and the Canadian Brewing Industry since 1960 – Matthew J. Bellamy (Carleton University, History)

Reviews

'This is a fascinating study of the approach taken to the international economy by decision makers in Canada ...By bringing together essays from both historians and economists, editors Smith and Anastakis have given readers a set of studies that puts the Canadian case most instructively in the context of intelligent globalization... Highly recommended.' -- P.K. Kresl

‘This is a fascinating study of the approach taken to the international economy by decision makers in Canada …By bringing together essays from both historians and economists, editors Smith and Anastakis have given readers a set of studies that puts the Canadian case most instructively in the context of intelligent globalization… Highly recommended.’ - P.K. Kresl (Choice vol 52:02:2014) ‘This collection will be of interest to anyone interested in better understanding the historical complexities and contingencies of economic life in a globalizing world… Many scholars will find this book to be well worth a read.’ - Don Nerbas (Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015) ‘The editors and authors of Smart Globalization should be congratulated on a real contribution to the fields of both Canadian economics and history.’ - Mark Sholdice (Canadian Historical Review vol 97:02:2016) ""Smart Globalization offers an important starting point for Canadian historians to account for the steady march of openness rather than protectionism over the last century and half in Canada."" - Andrew Watson, University of Saskatchewan (Canadian Business History Association Newlsetter, April 2018)

'This is a fascinating study of the approach taken to the international economy by decision makers in Canada ...By bringing together essays from both historians and economists, editors Smith and Anastakis have given readers a set of studies that puts the Canadian case most instructively in the context of intelligent globalization... Highly recommended.' -- P.K. Kresl Choice vol 52:02:2014 'This collection will be of interest to anyone interested in better understanding the historical complexities and contingencies of economic life in a globalizing world? Many scholars will find this book to be well worth a read.' -- Don Nerbas Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015

Author Information

Andrew Smith is a Lecturer in International Business at the University of Liverpool Management School. Dimitry Anastakis is the L.R. Wilson and R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions