This edition of Empire and Communications enriches Harold A. Innis’s examination of the relationship between communications and power structures.

Introduction to Empire and Communications
William J. Buxton

Notes on the Text
William J. Buxton

Empire and Communications - 1972 edition
Harold A. Innis

Foreword by Marshall McLuhan
Author's Preface
Editor's Note by Mary Q. Innis

1. Introduction
2. Egypt
3. Babylonia
4. The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization
5. The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire
6. Parchment and Paper
7. Paper and the Printing Press

Bibliography
Compiled by William J. Buxton

Index
Compiled by William J. Buxton

By Harold A. Innis
Edited and introduced by William J. Buxton