Staples, Markets, and Cultural Change

by Innis, Harold A.; Drache, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780773512993
• ISBN10: 0773512993
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

This new edition of Harold Innis's essays, published on the occasion of his centenary, assembles his most significant and representative writing. Included are many of Innis's essays on cultural issues and economic development - subjects he explored throughout his life - that have not been readily accessible before.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Celebrating Innis: The Man, the Legacy, and Our Future
The Importance of Staple Products in Canadian Development	p. 3
The Political Implications of Unused Capacity in Frontier Economies	p. 24
Decentralization and Democracy in the Atlantic Basin	p. 35
The Economic Development of the Maritime Provinces, 1867-1921	p. 49
The Penetrative Powers of the Price System on New World States	p. 66
Liquidity Preference and the Specialization of Production in North America and the Pacific	p. 88
Transportation as a Factor in Canadian Economic History	p. 123
Unused Capacity as a Factor in Canadian Economic History	p. 139
Commerce and Industry in Canadian Economic Development 1760-1935	p. 155
The Place of Land in North American Federations	p. 166
Organized Labour and Living Standards in Canadian Economic History	p. 178
The Economics of Conservation	p. 203
Economic Nationalism	p. 211
The Canadian Economy and the Depression	p. 225
Some Problems of Adjustment in Canada	p. 232
"For the People": The Intellectual State of Canada	p. 241
The Rowell-Sirois Report	p. 251
Recent Trends in Canadian-American Relations	p. 262
Great Britain, the United States, and Canada	p. 271
Business and Government	p. 290
On the Economic Significance of Cultural Factors	p. 297
Industrialism and Cultural Values	p. 316
The Bias of Communication	p. 325
The Mechanization of Knowledge	p. 350
A Plea for Time	p. 356
The Concept of Monopoly and Civilization	p. 384
The Problem of Space	p. 390
The Role of the Social Scientist	p. 429
The Passing of Political Economy	p. 438
The "Common Man" and Internationalism: Myths in the Social Sciences	p. 443
The Intellectual in History	p. 446
The Church in Canada	p. 459
Adult Education and Universities	p. 471
Democracy and the Free City	p. 482
Index	p. 487
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