Select Documents in Canadian Economic History 1783-1885 / / ed. by Harold Innis, Arthur Lower.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Innis, Harold,; Lower, Arthur,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1933
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (854 p.) :; charts and tables

This second volume of economic documents resumes the story of the development of Canada as told by contemporary sources. Newspaper accounts of economic forces and factors, contemporary writings by statesmen and business men, poems depicting current situations, official documents—all have been included. The volume divides the period into two eras, 1783-1850 and 1850-85. The basis of classification of entries is by topics and geographic sections. It is hoped that the material which follows will amplify and illustrate the blend of materialistic and non-materialistic factors which has determined the nature of Canadian history and will allow students in Canadian universities to study with some degree of fullness the development of the economic institutions of their native land.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PART ONE: 1783-1850 -- INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE -- SECTION I. THE COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY -- SECTION II. THE ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS -- SECTION III. TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN THE CANADAS -- SECTION IV. TRADING POLICY, IMPERIAL AND LOCAL -- SECTION V. MONETARY AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE CANADAS -- SECTION VI. THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES -- PART TWO: 1850-1885 -- INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO -- SECTION I. THE ST. LAWRENCE DRAINAGE BASIN -- SECTION II. THE MARITIME PROVINCES -- SECTION III. WESTERN CANADA (HUDSON BAY DRAINAGE BASIN) -- SECTION IV. BRITISH COLUMBIA -- SECTION V. CONFEDERATION AND CREDIT -- INDEX TO VOLUMES I AND II