Staples, markets, and cultural change : selected essays / Harold A. Innis ; edited by Daniel Drache.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams), 1894-1952.

Contributor:

Drache, Daniel, 1941-

Series:

Innis centenary series.

Innis centenary series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Canada.

History.

Canada--Economic conditions.

Canada.

Canada--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Edition:

Centenary ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the start of his career Innis set out to explain the significance of price rigidities in the cultural, social, and political institutions of new countries; by the end of his intellectual journey he had become one of the most influential critics of modernity. The essays in this collection address a variety of themes, including the rise of industrialism and the expansion of international markets, staples trades, critical factors in Canadian development, metropolitanism and nationality, the problems of adjustment, the political economy of communications, the economics of cultural change, and Innis's conception of the role of the intellectual as citizen. Innis succeeded as few others have in providing an astute and comprehensive account of the economic and social forces shaping modernity. His abiding interest in the contradictory and unintended consequences of markets in general - the dominant structure of modern economic activity - gave rise to the rich legacy of his prodigious output.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Celebrating Innis: The Man, the Legacy, and Our Future; PART ONE: STAPLE TRADES, THE RISE OF INDUSTRIALISM, AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF EMPIRE; 1 The Importance of Staple Products in Canadian Development; 2 The Political Implications of Unused Capacity in Frontier Economies; 3 Decentralization and Democracy in the Atlantic Basin; 4 The Economic Development of the Maritime Provinces, 1867-1921; 5 The Penetrative Powers of the Price System on New World States; 6 Liquidity Preference and the Specialization of Production in North America and the Pacific

PART TWO: RESOURCES AND REGIONALISM: THE ORIGINS OF MODERN CANADA7 Transportation as a Factor in Canadian Economic History; 8 Unused Capacity as a Factor in Canadian Economic History; 9 Commerce and Industry in Canadian Economic Development 1760-1935; 10 The Place of Land in North American Federations; 11 Organized Labour and Living Standards in Canadian Economic History; 12 The Economics of Conservation; PART THREE: METROPOLITANISM, NATIONALITY, AND THE CRISIS OF INDUSTRIALISM; 13 Economic Nationalism; 14 The Canadian Economy and the Depression; 15 Some Problems of Adjustment in Canada

16 ""For the People"": The Intellectual State of Canada17 The Rowell-Sirois Report; 18 Recent Trends in Canadian-American Relations; 19 Great Britain, the United States, and Canada; 20 Business and Government; PART FOUR: POLITICAL CULTURE, THE BIAS OF COMMUNICATION, AND ECONOMIC CHANGE; 21 On the Economic Significance of Cultural Factors; 22 Industrialism and Cultural Values; 23 The Bias of Communication; 24 The Mechanization of Knowledge; 25 A Plea for Time; 26 The Concept of Monopoly and Civilization; 27 The Problem of Space; PART FIVE: THE INTELLECTUAL AS CITIZEN

28 The Role of the Social Scientist29 The Passing of Political Economy; 30 The ""Common Man"" and Internationalism: Myths in the Social Sciences; 31 The Intellectual in History; 32 The Church in Canada; 33 Adult Education and Universities; 34 Democracy and the Free City; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85744-4

9786612857447

0-7735-6536-1

OCLC:

732601188