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xxiv, 904 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of author. "It is about sixty years since Adam Shortt completed his classic series of articles on Canadian banking history. They first appeared in the Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, now known as the Canadian Banker. They may provide an interesting perspective on the continuing debate about the structure of our financial system." - Foreword. "Shortt built a very rich storehouse of information through which we can understand the practical origins of Canadian currency and the banking industry as well as gain some understanding of the background and intent of the nineteenth-century legislation regulating them." - Introduction. Author studied and taught at Queen's University in Kingston. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper. Minimal markings to contents. Average wear to publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in silver. Binding intact. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A sound copy of this valuable history. Book