Against the Odds: The Public Life and Times of Louis Rasminsky

Bruce Muirhead

Published by University of Toronto Press 1999

Against the Odds

The Public Life and Times of Louis Rasminsky

Bruce Muirhead

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442670709

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About this book

This is a sound, scholarly treatment of a remarkable individual. As well, Against the Odds will do much to restore the Bank of Canada as an institution to its rightful place at the centre of scholarly treatments of financial questions and the international negotiations surrounding them.

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Muirhead Bruce :

Bruce Muirhead is a professor in the Department of History and Associate Vice President of Research Oversight and Analysis at the University of Waterloo.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part One: The Centre Cannot Hold, 1908-1939
1. Montreal, Toronto, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Geneva and the League of Nations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Part Two: War and Reconstruction, 1940-1961
3. Ottawa and Wartime Controls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. The Road to Bretton Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. International Reconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Part Three: Two-Term Governor, 1961-1973
6. Into the Breach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
7. Rebuilding Confidence: First Term Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
8. Fighting Inflation: Second Term Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
9. Four Crises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Epilogue Retirement and Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Keywords: DISCOUNT-C

eBook

Published: March 11, 1999
ISBN: 9781442670709