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100 1 $aArmstrong, Christopher,$d1942-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78033185
245 10 $aBlue skies and boiler-rooms :$bbuying and selling securities in Canada, 1870-1940 /$cChristopher Armstrong.
260 $aToronto :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c1997.
263 $a9708
300 $ax, 390 pages, 18 pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 pages
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tBeginnings --$g2.$tSelling Stuff --$g3.$tThe Development of the Exchanges --$g4.$tBlue Skies --$g5.$tWar Clouds --$g6.$tHighbinders and Re-Loaders --$g7.$tFighting Fraud --$g8.$tCrash --$g9.$tInto the Depths --$g10.$tThe Ordeal of F. H. Deacon --$g11.$tReform --$g12.$tChallenges --$g13.$tRevival Stalled --$g14.$tUncertainty --$gAppendix.$tVolume of Securities Traded on Canadian Stock Exchanges, 1901-1936.
520 $aBlue Skies and Boiler Rooms describes the evolution of the securities market in Canada, from the onset of trading, through the boom of the 1920s and the depression of the 1930s, to the outbreak of the Second World War. The book documents the problems of fraud, misrepresentation, and manipulation of prices, which plagued the securities industry from the outset and which eventually led to market regulation, first by the stock exchanges and later, after the First World War, by governments.
520 8 $aThis is a tale well told, with a splendid cast of crooks and raffish characters. It is also an in-depth study based on extensive primary research that captures the distinctiveness of the development of the Canadian securities market. Armstrong's book shows that today's Bre-X saga is only the latest in a series of episodes in which investors have fixed their hopes for quick and easy profits on speculative mining stock.
520 8 $aIt will be welcomed by students and scholars of financial, business, and economic history.
650 0 $aSecurities$zCanada$xHistory.
650 0 $aSecurities industry$zCanada$xHistory.
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