In the power of the government : the rise and fall of newsprint in Ontario, 1894-1932 / Mark Kuhlberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuhlberg, Mark, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newsprint industry--Government policy--Ontario.

Newsprint industry.

Newsprint industry--Ontario, Northern--History.

Paper industry--Government policy--Ontario.

Paper industry.

Paper industry--Ontario, Northern--History.

Industrial policy.

History.

Paper industry--Government policy.

Government policy.

Industrial policy--Ontario--History.

Ontario.

Northern Ontario.

Physical Description:

xv, 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

Contents:

Section I The Setting and the Liberals, 1894-1905 15

1 The Natural and Political Landscapes 17

2 "Intent upon getting grain-growing settlers upon the new land": The Liberals, 1894-1905 58

Section II "Large tracts of land are not necessary for the business of any company": The Conservatives, 1905-1919 83

3 "We have been most lenient in allowing the company to run on" 93

4 "The jack-ass methods of that Department" 118

Section III "In order to keep in office, they must play politics": The United Farmers of Ontario, 1919-1923 145

5 "This Government should... exercise responsibility of dealing with tenders" 151

6 "Established industries which... have but scant supply" 169

Section IV "The chief is the whole show": The Conservatives, 1923-1932 191

7 "For political purposes" 201

8 "Political connections... of the strongest kind" 218

9 "Excluded from the area given to Spruce Falls" 237

10 "No definite commitment has ever been made by this Department" 255

11 "A policy which had cost Ontario's industry a good and plenty" 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442646636

1442646632

9781442614536

1442614536

OCLC:

894141134