Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chew, Sing C.
Logs for capital: the timber industry and capitalist enterprise
in the 19th century / Sing C. Chew.

p. cm.--(Contributions in economics and economic history,
ISSN 0084-9235; no. 138)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-28497-0 (alk. paper)

1. Lumber trade--History-- 19th century. 2. Capitalism--
History--19th century. 3. International business enterprises--
History--19th century. I. Title. II. Series.

HD9750.5.C48 1992
338.4′7674′009034--dc20 92-3033

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1992 by Sing C. Chew

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-3033
ISBN: 0-313-28497-0
ISSN: 0084-9235

First published in 1992

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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The author and publisher gratefully wish to acknowledge permission for the following
materials:

Excerpts from the Gilmour-Rankin Collection with permission of the University of New
Brunswick Libraries.

Excerpts from the R. G. Dun and Company Collection with the permission of the Baker
Library at Harvard University and Dun & Bradstreet.

Chapter 6 is based on "Capital in Crises: Stagnation and Timber Company Operations,
Canada, 1873-1896," by Sing C. Chew, in Crises in the World System, Albert Bergesen,
editor, copyright 1983. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Inc.

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