J.W. McConnell: Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot

William Fong

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J.W. McConnell

Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot

William Fong

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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J.W. McConnell (1877-1963), born to a poor farming family in Ontario, became one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen of his generation - in Canada and internationally.

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Fong William :

Born in Montreal and educated at McGill, William Fong has his doctorate in history from the University of Toronto.William Fong is the author of Sir William C. Macdonald: A Biography.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
A Boyhood in Muskoka: Blood, Religion, Sentiment, and Community, 1877–91 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Onward, Ever Onward, Jack: Toronto and the Making of a Man, 1892–99 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
Selling Wood Products and Settling Down, 1899–1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
Partner, Promoter, and Believer, 1907–14 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Bittersweet: St Lawrence Sugar and Regulation, 1912–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
Keep the Home Fires Burning: Fundraising for the ymca in Peace and for Canada in the Great War, 1909–19 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Developing and Financing Tramways and Electricity, 1890–1925 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
The Rise and Fall of Holding Companies for Power and Paper, 1925–39 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Almost a Jack of All Trades, 1911–39 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	212
Insecurities: McConnell’s Investments, 1921–39 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Wider, Ever Wider Shall Thy Bounds Be Set: Social Life in Montreal, 1901–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
For King and Empire, 1927–39 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
Faith and Works: From Charity to Social Welfare and from Fundraising to Philanthropy, 1922–45 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	324
There’ll Always Be an England:The Second World War, 1939–45 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
The Dilemma of Conservative Politics, 1911–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	386
Press Barons, Publishers, and Editors: The Montreal Daily Star and Other Newspapers, 1925–53 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
Grandescunt Aucta Labore: Building McGill University for the Future, 1920–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	464
We Give Thee but Thine Own: The Making of the McConnell Foundation, 1928–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
Keep Right on to the End of the Road, 1945–63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	546
J.W. McConnell’s Investment Holdings: An Overview, 1921–51 Nicolas McConnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	583
A Glimpse of the Interconnectedness of McConnell’s Circle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	607
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	635
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	685
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	713

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October 24, 2008

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9780773574687

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752

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150 b&w illustrations

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773574687

eBook ISBN: 9780773574687

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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;General/trade;

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