This volume collects Innis’ published and unpublished essays on economic history, from 1929 to 1952, thereby charting the development of the arguments and ideas found in his books The Fur Trade in Canada and The Cod Fisheries.

Foreword
Introduction

1. The Teaching of Economic History in Canada
2. The Work of Thorstein Veblen
3. An Introduction to the Economic History of the Maritimes, Including Newfoundland and New England
4. The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Fishery in Newfoundland
5. Transportation as a Factor in Canadian Economic History
6. Government Ownership and the Canadian Scene
7. Interrelations between the Fur Trade of Canada and the United States
8. An Introduction to the Economic History of Ontario from Outpost to Empire
9. The Canadian Economy and the Depression
10. Unused Capacity as a Factor in Canadian Economic History
11. An Introduction to Canadian Economic Studies
12. Labour in Canadian Economic History
13. Significant Factors in Canadian Economic Development
14. The Historical Development of the Dairy Industry in Canada
15. Transportation in the Canadian Economy
16. Economic Trends in Canadian-American Relations
17. The Lumber Trade in Canada
18. The Penetrative Powers of the Price System
19. The Wheat Economy
20. The Changing Structure of the Canadian Market
21. Recent Developments in the Canadian Economy
22. The Canadian Mining Industry
23. Imperfect Regional Competition and Political Institutions on the North Atlantic Seaboard
24. Liquidity Preference as a Factor in Industrial Development
25. Decentralization and Democracy
26. The Political Implications of Unused Capacity
27. The Church in Canada
28. Great Britain, the United States, and Canada

Index

By Harold A. Innis
Edited by Mary Q. Innis
Introduction by Matthew Evenden