A conjunction of interests : business, politics, and tariffs, 1825-1879 / Ben Forster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forster, Jakob Johann Benjamin, author.

Series:

State and economic life ; 8.

State and Economic Life ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tariff--Canada--History--19th century.

Tariff.

Industrial policy--Canada--History--19th century.

Industrial policy.

Free trade--Canada--History--19th century.

Free trade.

Protectionism--Canada--History--19th century.

Protectionism.

Canada--Commercial policy--History--19th century.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The advent of the National Policy in 1879 brought dramatic changes in the structure, magnitude, and objectives of Canada's tariff policy. No longer used primarily as a source of revenue for the government, tariffs on imported goods assumed a role as protector of Canadian industry against the encroachment of foreign imports on the Canadian market.In this detailed account of events leading up to the adoption of the National Policy, Ben Forster explores a wide range of political and economic forces and races their influence on successive Liberal and Conservative governments. He examines the pamphlet literature of the protectionists, the private corespondence of political leaders and protectionists, the public press of the day, and legislative journals and other public documents. He weaves the threads of various interests - business, industry, agriculture, and government - into a comprehensive account of the growth of protectionist feeling in Canada.Forster's analysis illuminates a critical chapter in Canadian political history, one with implications for current discussions on import "as, industrial policy, and free trade.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES""; ""PREFACE""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Protection in an era of colonial transition, 1825�1854""; ""2 Continuity and change: making tariffs in the late 1850s""; ""3 Larger markets, 1860�1866: reciprocity and Confederation""; ""4 From a conciliatory to a national policy, 1867�1872""; ""5 'The obscurity of private enterprise': business and the economy, 1870�1879""; ""6 'An age of combination and association, ' 1870�1879""; ""7 The Liberal interregnum, 1874�1876""; ""8 The Liberal interregnum, 1876�1878""

""9 The interests, the parties, and the election of 1878""""10 'Reconciling a legion of conflicting interests'""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-03953-9

9786612039539

1-4426-7322-2

OCLC:

244768788