{"product_id":"northern-enterprise-five-centuries-of-canadian-business-hardcover","title":"Northern Enterprise: Five Centuries of Canadian Business - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Bliss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Turley-Ewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must for students and chief executives alike.\" --\u003cem\u003eCanadian Business Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A major achievement of scholarship, the first study to describe Canadian business over five centuries.\" --\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book contains moments of priceless insight into the Canadian identity. It is the most surprising and possibly the most important book on Canadian history published this year.\" --\u003cem\u003eKingston Whig-Standard Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published three decades ago, \u003cem\u003eNorthern Enterprise: Five Centuries of Canadian Business \u003c\/em\u003eremains the only comprehensive history of business in Canada, beginning with the earliest European fishermen of the late fifteenth century and concluding with the dawn of the era of free trade in the 1980s. Grounded in scholarship yet highly readable, \u003cem\u003eNorthern Enterprise \u003c\/em\u003eincludes both accounts of well-known and celebrated events like the building of the transcontinental railway and lesser-known stories such as the rise and fall of Massey-Ferguson, one of the first Canadian enterprises to play a major role on the international stage. Professor Bliss also considers the many political influences on Canadian business, including recurring debates over free trade and worries over the outsized influence of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the National Business Book Award for its \"outstanding contribution to the written history of Canada,\" \u003cem\u003eNorthern Enterprise \u003c\/em\u003eis now reprinted in this one-volume deluxe casebound edition, featuring a new introduction by John Turley-Ewart, a noted journalist and business leader, who carried out his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto under Michael Bliss's supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 650\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53212224356659,"sku":"9781772441529","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UecmqmPx2b9781772441529.webp?v=1775682521","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/northern-enterprise-five-centuries-of-canadian-business-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}