Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Celebrating Innis: The Man, the Legacy, and Our Future xiii
5. Staple Trades, the Rise of Industrialism, and the Enlargement of Empire
6. The Importance of Staple Products in Canadian Development 3
7. The Political Implications of Unused Capacity in Frontier Economies 24
8. Decentralization and Democracy in the Atlantic Basin 35
9. The Economic Development of the Maritime Provinces, 1867–1921 49
10. The Penetrative Powers of the Price System on New World States 66
11. Liquidity Preference and the Specialization of Production in North America and the Pacific 88
12. Resources and Regionalism: The Origins of Modern Canada
13. Transportation as a Factor in Canadian Economic History 123
14. Unused Capacity as a Factor in Canadian Economic History 139
15. Commerce and Industry in Canadian Economic Development, 1760–1935 155
16. The Place of Land in North American Federations 166
17. Organized Labour and Living Standards in Canadian Economic History 178
18. The Economics of Conservation 203
19. Metropolitanism, Nationality, and the Crisis of Industrialism
20. Economic Nationalism 211
21. The Canadian Economy and the Depression 225
22. Some Problems of Adjustment in Canada 232
23. “For the People”: The Intellectual State of Canada 241
24. The Rowell-Sirois Report 251
25. Recent Trends in Canadian-American Relations 262
26. Great Britain, the United States, and Canada 271
27. Business and Government 290
28. Political Culture, the Bias of Communication, and Economic Change
29. On the Economic Significance of Cultural Factors 297
30. Industrialism and Cultural Values 316
31. The Bias of Communication 325
32. The Mechanization of Knowledge 350
33. A Plea for Time 356
34. The Concept of Monopoly and Civilization 384
35. The Problem of Space 390
36. The Intellectual as Citizen
37. The Role of the Social Scientist 429
38. The Passing of Political Economy 438
39. The “Common Man” and Internationalism: Myths in the Social Sciences 443
40. The Intellectual in History 446
41. The Church in Canada 459
42. Adult Education and Universities 471
43. Democracy and the Free City 482
44. Index 487