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Imperial standard : Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian oil industry from 1880

Taylor, Graham D. - 2019

"For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always … foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. "Imperial Standard" is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It … energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada’s natural resources …

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Imperial Standard : Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry From 1880

Taylor, Graham D. - 2019

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Prologue -- PART ONE FOUNDATIONS 1860-1917 -- Origins -- When Empires Collide -- Resurrection -- PART TWO Before Leduc 1917-1947 -- Adventures in the Tropics -- Cogs in the Wheel -- The Winning of the West -- PART...

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Rethinking Canadian Economic Growth and Development since 1900 : The Quebec Case

Geloso, Vincent - 2017

This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments...