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The National Policy and the Wheat Economy
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Vernon Fowke
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English
Published/Copyright:
1957
About this book
First published in 1957, this study traces the development of the national policy as it affected the growth of the Canadian trade.
Author / Editor information
Fowke Vernon :
Vernon C. Fowke (1907-1966) was for many years Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Reviews
The Economist:
"In this important study of the dynamic role of prairie wheat in the first and formative phase of Canadian national development, Professor Fowke has drawn on the work of a whole generation of scholars and on his own intimate knowledge of the Canadian west."
"In this important study of the dynamic role of prairie wheat in the first and formative phase of Canadian national development, Professor Fowke has drawn on the work of a whole generation of scholars and on his own intimate knowledge of the Canadian west."
W.L. Morton:
"[The author is] without rival in his historical grasp of Canadian agricultural policy."
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Frontmatter
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Foreword
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Contents
ix - PART ONE. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL POLICY
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CHAPTER ONE. The National Policy: A Matter of Definition
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CHAPTER TWO. Agriculture and the Investment Frontier before Confederation
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CHAPTER THREE. The Western Territories and the National Policy in Its Formative Years
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CHAPTER FOUR. Development and Integration of the National Policy
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CHAPTER FIVE. Establishment and Growth of the Wheat Economy
70 - PART TWO. GRAIN MARKETING PROBLEMS IN WESTERN CANADA 1900-20
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CHAPTER SIX. The National Policy: Competition and Monopoly
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CHAPTER SEVEN. Local Elevators and the Monopoly Issue before 1910
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Co-operation and Provincial Elevator Policy
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CHAPTER NINE. Western Protest and Dominion Policy
153 - PART THREE. THE OPEN MARKET REJECTED
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CHAPTER TEN. The Open Market System in the Inter-War Years
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Wheat Pools and the Open Market System: Origins of the Pools
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Marketing Policies of the Canadian Wheat Pools
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Résumé of Experience with Contract Pools
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. From Open Market to Compulsory Board
256 - PART FOUR. CONCLUSION
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The National Policy and the Wheat Economy
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 15, 1957
eBook ISBN:
9781487595449
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324
eBook ISBN:
9781487595449
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
