A Backwoodsman and an Engineer in Canadian Business: An Examination of a Divergence of Entrepreneurial Practices in Canada at the Turn of the Century
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A Backwoodsman and an Engineer in Canadian Business: An Examination of a Divergence of Entrepreneurial Practices in Canada at the Turn of the Century
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| Abstract |
A comparison of two business entrepreneurs and sometime partners, the Ontario-based William Mackenzie and the Montreal-based Herbert Holt. The author compares their backgrounds and attitudes towards business and government. Holt (1856-1941) was an ardent lassiez-faire capitalist who, according to the author, was a representative of a strong and more mature Montreal capitalism of the turn of the twentieth century. Mackenzie (1849-1923), who accepted government guarantees and concessions, represented frontier capitalism. The author outlines Holt's role in such enterprises as the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company and the Royal Bank of Canada, where he served as president from 1908 to 1934 and as chairman from 1934 until 1941.
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Canadian Historical Association Historical Papers/La Société historique du Canada Communications historiques
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158-177
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1977
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en
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Regehr, T. D. “A Backwoodsman and an Engineer in Canadian Business: An Examination of a Divergence of Entrepreneurial Practices in Canada at the Turn of the Century.” Canadian Historical Association Historical Papers/La Société historique du Canada Communications historiques (1977): 158–177.
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