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Profiting the Crown

Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990

by (author) Matthew J. Bellamy

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2005
Category
Government & Business
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773532014
    Publish Date
    Jan 2007
    List Price
    $40.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773528154
    Publish Date
    Jan 2007
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572386
    Publish Date
    Jan 2005
    List Price
    $32.95

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Profiting the Crown traces the rise and evolution of Polymer Corporation until its sale in 1990 to the German chemical giant A.G. Bayer. Crown corporations are widely regarded as a Canadian invention, but the failures of many state-run enterprises in the twentieth century have led to the widely held position that government has no place in the boardrooms of the nation. Matthew Bellamy shows how Polymer was both a successful tool of public policy and a profitable economic enterprise, bringing to light the accomplishments of one of Canada's pioneering crown corporations.

About the author

Matthew J. Bellamy is associate professor of history at Carleton University, author of Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990, and editor of Canada and the Cost of World War II: The International Operations of Canada's Department of Finance, 1939-1947.

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