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A 6 page review of Eye on the Future: Business People in Calgary and the Bow Valley, 1870-1900 by Henry C. Klassen (University of Calgary Press, 2002). This text consists of a detailed, comprehensive and highly accurate account of the business history of the Alberta region of Canada, with particular emphasis on the development of the town of Calgary. Klassen's history covers the early stages of industrialization through the beginnings of consumerism from a business history perspective. The scholarship behind Klassen's book is so extensive that, as this examination demonstrates, it can be viewed as coming close to being an anthropological study of the varied factors that come together to create a city and shape the course of history for a region. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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for the development of commerce? These are questions that are amply answered by Henry C. Klassens scholarly work Eye on the Future: Business People in Calgary and the Bow Valley,
1870-1900 (University of Calgary Press, 2002). This text consists of a detailed, comprehensive and highly accurate account of the business history of the Alberta region of Canada, with particular emphasis
on the development of the town of Calgary. Klassens history covers the early stages of industrialization through the beginnings of consumerism from a business history perspective. The scholarship behind Klassens
book is so extensive that, as this examination will demonstrate, it can be viewed as coming close to being an anthropological study of the varied factors that come together to
create a city and shape the course of history for a region. One of the principal features of Klassens book is the extensive amount of scholarship that went into
this history of the Alberta region. The text includes over forty personal interviews, refers to hundreds of personal papers and government documents, as well as other primary and secondary sources
of scholarship. In providing this scholarly text on early retailers, bankers, farmers, ranchers, manufacturers and others in the region, Klassen has created a text that will undoubtedly be referenced by
other scholars for generations to come, as Klassen has established himself as the foremost authority on local business history in the Alberta region. The list of businesses
that Klassen discusses are too extensive to list in a review of this length. Beginning with a description of early businesses, the trading companies, ranchers and pioneer farmers, he moves
on to later businesses, which includes department stores, wholesalers and bankers. One of the most fascinating aspects of Klassens text is the manner in which he includes small businesses, as
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