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From pre-contact Indigenous trading through 1939, Thinking Big examines the history of businesses, business leaders, and organisations in Winnipeg. Discover how the Winnipeg business community dealt with challenges such as the Great Depression and the post-World War I depression, and organised itself to take advantage of periods of growth and prosperity.

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"Jim Blanchard has produced yet another great read about the history of Manitoba Sandy Riley, Canadian lawyer and business leader
Jim Blanchard is a prolific local historian, whose books have brought the early history of Winnipeg to life for countless readers. In Thinking Big, he draws our eye to the citys business development, from the HBC and the Indigenous free traders of the fur trade, to the much less well-known story of North Star Oil. His case studies show that thinking big was not only about private capital and intrepid settler entrepreneurs, but relied critically on public investment and oversight. Esyllt W. Jones, Professor of History, University of Manitoba"

Thinking Big: A History of the Winnipeg Business

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      Publisher: Great Plains Publications Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/06/2021
      ISBN13: 9781773370583, 978-1773370583
      ISBN10: 1773370588
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From pre-contact Indigenous trading through 1939, Thinking Big examines the history of businesses, business leaders, and organisations in Winnipeg. Discover how the Winnipeg business community dealt with challenges such as the Great Depression and the post-World War I depression, and organised itself to take advantage of periods of growth and prosperity.

      Trade Review
      "Jim Blanchard has produced yet another great read about the history of Manitoba Sandy Riley, Canadian lawyer and business leader
      Jim Blanchard is a prolific local historian, whose books have brought the early history of Winnipeg to life for countless readers. In Thinking Big, he draws our eye to the citys business development, from the HBC and the Indigenous free traders of the fur trade, to the much less well-known story of North Star Oil. His case studies show that thinking big was not only about private capital and intrepid settler entrepreneurs, but relied critically on public investment and oversight. Esyllt W. Jones, Professor of History, University of Manitoba"

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