Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. The Staple Approach
5. Economic Factors in Canadian History 1
6. The Importance of Staple Products 16
7. The Fur Trade 20
8. The Trade in Square Timber 28
9. A Staple Theory of Economic Growth 49
10. Economic Growth in Canadian Industry, 1870-1915: The Staple Model 74
11. Land Policy and Agriculture
12. Administration of Land Policy and the Growth of Corporate Economic Organization in Lower Canada, 1791-1809 99
13. French-Canadian Agriculture in the St. Lawrence Valley, 1815-1850 110
14. Banking and Capital Formation
15. Banking in Canada before Confederation, 1792-1867 127
16. Capital Formation in Canada, 1896-1930 169
17. The State and Economic Life
18. Defensive Expansion: The State and Economic Growth in Canada 183
19. The Economic Background of the Rebellions of 1837 222
20. The National Policy–Old and New 237
21. Bibliography
22. Recent Contributions to Economic History: Canada 259
23. Suggestions for Further Reading 293
24. Note on the Editors 295
25. The Contributors 297