| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 "That Sweet Comfit Men Call Sugar"; Chapter 2 The Making of a Man of Substance; Chapter 3 The Building of a Sugar House; Chapter 4 "A Growing Concern"; Chapter 5 "Growing Concerns"; Chapter 6 "The End of an Era"; Chapter 7 " ... A Devil of a Time ... "; Chapter 8 " ... We Are at a Crisis of Our Affairs ... "; Chapter 9 The Axe Falls; Chapter 10 "Intermission"; Chapter 11 "Another Opening"; Chapter 12 " ... A Hard and Anxious Time ... "; Chapter 13 "Too Many Cooks"; Chapter 14 "A Busy Year"; Chapter 15 "When Fortune Turns the Wheel." |
| Summary |
Redpath, today a household name for sugar in Canada, has its roots in the story of an enterprising Scots immigrant, initially a stone mason and later a building contractor during the boom days of Montreal's growth from a small provincial centre to a major North American city. In 1854, the ever-energetic John Redpath, by then a self-made millionaire in his late fifties, launched a new career as an industrialist. With his son, Peter, and the gifted George Alexander Drummond as manager, he established Canada's first successful sugar refinery. The Redpath story encompasses the influence of sugar as. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Redpath Industries -- History.
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Redpath Industries. |
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History. |
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Redpath Industries -- Histoire. |
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Sugar trade -- Canada -- History.
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Sugar trade. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feltoe, Richard, 1954- Redpath. Toronto, Ont. : Natural Heritage/Natural History, ©1991 0920474675 9780920474679 (DLC) 92140930 (OCoLC)26974348 |
| ISBN |
9781554882748 (electronic book) |
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1554882745 (electronic book) |
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9781459720664 (electronic book) |
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1459720660 (electronic book) |
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0920474675 |
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9780920474679 |
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