{"product_id":"corporate-cataclysm-abitibi-power-38-paper-and-the-collapse-of-the-newsprint-industry-1912-1946-hardback-9781487505561","title":"Corporate Cataclysm; Abitibi Power \u0026#38; Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912-1946 (Hardback) 9781487505561","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCorporate Cataclysm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAbitibi Power \u0026amp; Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912-1946\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarry E.C. Boothman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487505561\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e704 pages, 24 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.4 x 4.4 cm, 1.1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boothman spells out timely lessons for modern business that may be learned from the study of failure; providing a surgical study of the Abitibi company, the public policy objectives of Ontario's political leaders; and the relationship of Canadian legal institutions with modern corporate enterprises.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Honours and Awards Committee, OHS Fred Landon Award \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCorporate Cataclysm\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent, deeply researched, and thorough account of the rise, fall and ultimate restructuring of a Canadian behemoth, Abitibi Power \u0026amp; Paper. The reader has a front row seat in the author\u0026amp;#x2019;s narrative account, as he traces historical events through three tumultuous decades in Canadian history with an historian\u0026amp;#x2019;s eye for detail and a novelist\u0026amp;#x2019;s literary flair.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Virginia Torrie, University of Manitoba (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Business History Association\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this absorbing narrative, Barry E.C. Boothman traces the history of Abitibi Power \u0026amp; Paper Limited alongside the rise and fall of the newsprint industry and the advent of Canadian corporate capitalism. In the first half of the twentieth century, Abitibi was Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s biggest manufacturer – an apparent success story after the Wall Street crash of 1929 and a company deemed \"too big to fail\" – but the company eventually ended up at the centre of the longest and most controversial bankruptcy in Canadian history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving from the frontier areas of northern Ontario to the heart of the continental economy, \u003ci\u003eCorporate Cataclysm\u003c\/i\u003e shows how competitive strategies, industrial organization, corporate finance, and law combined with the empire-building dreams of entrepreneurs and the concerns of politicians to generate an economic disaster. It then chronicles the disputes and intense strife that plagued Abitibi\u0026amp;#x2019;s fourteen-year receivership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. History: Abitibi Power and Paper Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e2. Canada: Pulp and Paper Industry\u003cbr\u003e3. Canada: Corporate Law\u003cbr\u003e4. Ontario: Politics and Governments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595470565656,"sku":"9781487505561","price":52.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/corporate-cataclysm-abitibi-power-38-paper-and-the-collapse-of-the-newsprint-industry-1912-1946-hardback-9781487505561","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}