The CPR: A Century of Corporate Welfare

by Robert Chodos

In 1880 the Canadian Pacific Railway was born with an enormously rich legacy--millions of acres of land, millions in cash and plenty of existing rail lines. From an auspicious beginning it grew immensely wealthy and powerful. Robert Chodos, in an unorthodox company history, explains how the CPR did it. He shows how the Railway's growth came primarily as a result of continued favourable treatment from Ottawa, how it managed to avoid government takeover...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888620470
• ISBN13: 9780888620477
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 178 Pages