About the Book
As we approach 100 years, the University of Alberta School of Business has developed from a small department with six students into one of the top business schools in North America in terms of research, teaching, and community involvement. A Chronicle of Commerce: A History of the School of Business at the University of Alberta tells the story of how a small localized organization grew into an institution with an international reputation.
Dr. Preshing relies on his nearly 50 years’ affiliation with the faculty to take readers on a journey that places the history and development of the Alberta School of Business within the larger contexts of Alberta and Canadian history. A Chronicle of Commerce is more than just a history — it fulfills the important task of preserving interesting and often contested institutional memories (A Chronicle of Commerce, 2008).
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Dr. Preshing relies on his nearly 50 years’ affiliation with the faculty to take readers on a journey that places the history and development of the Alberta School of Business within the larger contexts of Alberta and Canadian history. A Chronicle of Commerce is more than just a history — it fulfills the important task of preserving interesting and often contested institutional memories (A Chronicle of Commerce, 2008).
Click here to order copies of the book online.
“The idea conveyed by the word Commerce is that of growth and expansion. Though the School of Commerce here is as yet very young, it is a lusty infant whose membership is growing by leaps and bounds, as an increasing proportion of new students turn their eyes toward the extensive and varied field of business. Technically we are but a sub-faculty; yet in spirit we are already more, and the time is undoubtedly near when we shall be regarded as equals by the five older faculties of the University…”