Perspectives on Canadian economic history

McCalla, Douglas, 1942- (Added Author). Huberman, Michael Menuhin, 1955- (Added Author).

Summary: "these essays focus on issues such as resource depletion, business organization, and the value of women's time. In their informative introductions, the editors encourage readers to question the authors' premises and methodologies-both economics and history, they remind us, are interpretative." -- back cover

Record details

ISBN: 0773053778 :
Physical Description: print
viii, 352 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed. --
Publisher: Mississauga, Ont. : Copp Clark Longman, 1994. --

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Section 1. The Fur Trade: A Continuing Research Frontier -- Section 2. Rural Society and farm Strategies in Nineteenth-Century Canada -- Section 3. Regional Development and Decline: The Maritime Provinces, 1860-1910 -- Section 4. National Economic development, 1870-1926 -- Section 5. Resources, Capital, and Technology in the Twentieth Century -- Section 6. The Great Depression: Institutional Response -- Section 7. Economic Change and Household Choices -- Further Reading