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Graduate Program in History

Christopher Armstrong

Degrees:  Ph.D. University of Toronto
A.M. Harvard
B.A.
B.A. Oxon
Current Position:  Professor, History
 
Recent Publications: Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997)
 
Courses taught recently: HIST 3561 Canadian Economic Development: 1870-1985
HIST 5172 State & Society in Canada, 1945 to present
HIST 6030 Selected Topics in the History of Canada
 
Research Interests: Evolution of securities markets in Canada, 1940-80; development of "modernist" ideas in Canadian architecture, 1900-70; environmental history of Alberta's Bow River Valley (with H.V. Nelles)
 
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