Research Catalog

Title

Eric J. Hanson's financial history of Alberta, 1905-1950 / edited by Paul Boothe and Heather Edwards.

Author

Hanson, Eric J. (Eric John), 1912-1985

Publication

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boothe, Paul Michael, 1954-
• Edwards, Heather, 1976-

Description

xxiv, 431 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Eric J. Harrison's Financial History of Alberta, 1905-1950, sheds light on the institutional, economic, and public development of the province from a financial perspective and documents many of the early financial decisions of the Alberta government, including the railway scandal, the rise of Social Credit, and the province's default in the Great Depression. This work provides historical perspective on the perennial problems facing Alberta's fiscal managers: wildly fluctuating revenues, in-migration, seemingly insatiable demands for infrastructure, high-quality public services, and resistance to taxes, while exuduing an optimistic attitude for the future." "Providing institutional, political, and social background needed to better understand current institutions, political choices, and societal biases and anxieties, this book will be required reading for present-day policy-makers, elected provincial officials, teachers, and students of public finance."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Financial history of Alberta, 1905-1950

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Finance, Public > Alberta > History > 20th century
• Fiscal policy > Alberta > History > 20th century
• Finances publiques > Alberta > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Politique fiscale > Alberta > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Alberta > Economic conditions > 1905-1945
• Alberta > Economic conditions > 1945-1991
• Alberta > Conditions économiques > 1905-1945
• Alberta > Conditions économiques > 1945-1991

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-409) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Geographic, Historical, and Structural Background -- The Investment Boom, 1906-13 -- The World War I Period, 1914-20 -- Depression, Stagnation, and Recovery, 1921-29 -- The Great Depression, 1930-35 -- Default, Recovery and Prosperity, 1936-50 -- Fiscal Policies and Transactions, 1936-51 -- Summary and Retrospect, 1905-50 -- Appraisals and Conclusions -- App. A. Provincial Income Estimates -- App. B. Provincial Government Statistics -- App. C. Local Government Statistics -- App. D. Provincial Debt.

ISBN

1552380904

LCCN

^^2004353733

OCLC

• 52542062
• SCSB-11047794

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library