Economic history

First published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation.

First published in 1957, this study traces the development of the national policy as it affected the growth of the Canadian trade and discusses the grain marketing problems of Western Canada in the decades that followed, with detailed attention to legislation and moves by various growers' groups in an attempt to meet these problems.

First published in 1957, this study traces the development of the national policy as it affected the growth of the Canadian trade and discusses the grain marketing problems of Western Canada in the decades that followed, with detailed attention to legislation and moves by various growers' groups in an attempt to meet these problems.

First published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation.

This is an economic analysis of pricing and subsidy policies for urban roads and urban public transit in Ontario.

To discuss the history of the franchise in Canada, Mr.

This book traces in an accurate and objective manner the sequence of events during the last twenty years which have influenced the organization fo the Canadian grain trade.

As free trade talks continue uncertainly, as Ottawa and Washington toss protective tariffs at each other's goods, and as the provinces continue to disagree among themselves and with the federal government, the search for a national economic policy goes on.

This book traces in an accurate and objective manner the sequence of events during the last twenty years which have influenced the organization fo the Canadian grain trade.

As free trade talks continue uncertainly, as Ottawa and Washington toss protective tariffs at each other's goods, and as the provinces continue to disagree among themselves and with the federal government, the search for a national economic policy goes on.

Here is a vivid account of global economic development at a time of extraordinarily rapid change.

Black business activity has been sustained in America for almost four centuries.

The concern of this volume is to explain why in some countries the relative decline in imports was smaller than the relative decline in exports, while in others it was greater, and why it was much smaller, or much greater, in some countries than in others, in the period following the Second World War.

It is the intention in this study to explore the system of economic analysis set out in its original form in Mr.

The idea that capitalism grew out of Puritan values, as unlikely as it seems, has aroused much interest among economic historians.

THE agricultural implement industry in Canada is at once a very well-known and a very little-known industry.

Railways presented nineteenth century governments with political as well as economic problems: their inherently monopolistic tendencies were recognized almost from the start.

Some seventy years ago, at its peak, British investment in Canada accounted for over 20 per cent of British annual capital exports, and in the twenty-five years before World War I, for about 70 per cent of the capital flowing into Canada.

This study in economic history focuses on the commercial relations and monetary policies of England, Burgundy, and Flanders in medieval times.

Frontier society in nineteenth-century Canada was hungry for all the information and entertainment it could get.

This study combines in one volume a history and sociopolitical analysis of the group now called the Ralliement des Creditistes, and thus explores the dynamics of a contemporary social and political phenomenon - right-wing protest.

This volume focuses on the issues involved in securing an internal common market within Canada.

This series, begun in 1978, will serve, it is hoped, as a vehicle for the publication of original studies in the general area of Canadian political economy and economic history, with particular emphasis on the part played by the government in shaping the economy.

The River Barons charts the development of the business community in Montreal through the crucial years between 1837 and 1853, when the small commercial fraternity of the 1830s, responding to the challenge of a transportation revolution, grew much more complex and diversified.

Throughout most of the pre-confederation period the fur trade dominated the life of Indians and Europeans alike.

Before road or rail, the canoe routes followed by voyageurs formed a transport and supply system crossing a continent and covering more than a million square miles.

Geographical works embracing the whole of Canada, few in number until recently, have become more numerous during the last few years.

Based in Glasgow and Toronto and later Hamilton, the trading business of Peter and Isaac Buchanan became one of Canada's largest.

Vocation, or calling - the idea that everyday work is the locus of Christian obedience - is, at first glance, peculiarly a theological notion.

In the three or four decades before the first world war British industry was subject to increasing foreign competition particularly from America and Germany.

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement.

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

For the past two centuries, the great power sitting atop the international global financial system has enjoyed outsized rewards.

For the past two centuries, the great power sitting atop the international global financial system has enjoyed outsized rewards.

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Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the Meji Restoration.

Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the Meji Restoration.

Examine what would happen if we were to deploy blockchain technology at the sovereign level and use it to create a decentralized cashless economy.

In this Book, the Author illustrates this view based on Nigerias Experience.

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.

Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Prospects for the 1980s focuses on the institution of economic reforms and prospects in Eastern Europe, including manpower availability, scarce and expensive energy and raw materials, deficiency of technological innovation, and inflexibilities in management.

Economic Analysis in Historical Perspective offers a wide discussion on economics and its history.

An examination of East-Central European history, this book looks to the past for the roots of the cleavage between the eastern and western regions of Europe and the reasons for the east-central countries' backward, reactionary nature; their slide into fascism and war; and the ultimate destruction of the region within the Stalinist orbit.

The people who run our government are affected by money just like the rest of us.

The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth.