Full bibliography
Perspectives on Canadian Economic Development: Class, Staples, Gender, and Elites
- Laxer, Gordon D. (Editor)
Contents:
I. The neo-classical approach. Growth and change: A semi-theoretical introduction / Ian Drummond -- Agriculture and economic development in Quebec and Ontario until 1870 / John McCallum.
II. The staples approach. Harold Innis and Canadian capitalist development / Daniel Drache -- Conclusion to The Fur Trade in Canada / Harold Innis -- Economic factors in Canadian history / W.A. Mackintosh -- A staple theory of economic growth / Melville H. Watkins.
III. Elites as barriers to economic development. The old mercantilism and the new / Kari Levitt -- The National Policy and the industrialization of the Maritimes, 1880-1910 / T.W. Acheson -- The ‘American System’ and Canada’s National Policy / Melville H. Watkins -- The National Policy tariffs: Industrial development through import substitution / Glen Williams -- The transformation of Canada’s economic structure / H. Clare Pentland.
IV. The impact of class on economic development. Class, nationality, and the roots of the branch plant economy / Gordon Laxer -- Dependency and class in Canadian political economy / Leo Panitch.
V. The role of gender and labour in generating economic development. The development of a capitalistic labour market in Canada / H. Clare Pentland -- Capitalistic development, industrialization, and women’s work / Marjorie Cohen -- Women’s role in development / Bonnie Fox -- The role of native women in the fur trade society of Western Canada, 1670-1830.