The Economic Development of Canada [Paperback]

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA: R POMFRET:

Contents

Preface, vii

Chapter 1: Introduction, 1

Chapter 2: Economic Development prior to 1850, 7

1. The Early Staples, 7

2. Colonial Rivalries, 13

3. American independence, 17

4. The Aftermath of 1783, 20

5. The Timber Trade, 24

6. The Struggle for the Second Empire of the St. Lawrence, 26

Appendix: Meanwhile in the West, 28

Chapter 3: Alternative Approaches to Canadian Economic Development, 33

1. The Staple Theory, 33

2. A Marxian Approach, 39

3. Rostows Stages of Economic Growth, 41

4. Other Approaches, 44

5. Conclusions, 46

Chapter 4: The Statistical Evidence on Canadian Economic Growth, 47

1. The Quality of Canadian Census Data, 47

2. Population, 49

3. Output, 53

4. Capital Formation, 56

5. Other Data, 59

6. Testing Theories of Canadian Economic Development, 62

Appendix: The Sources of Growth in Canada, 65

Chapter 5: Government Policy, 68

1. Commercial Policy, 68

2. Railway Policy, 94

3. Land Policy, 111

4. The Governments Development Strategy: An Overview, 119

Chapter 6: The Industrialization of Central Canada, 18501914, 122

1. The Beginnings of Modern Industry, 122

2. Two Manufacturing Industries of the 1560s, 125

3. The 1879 Tariff and Industrial Development, 132

4. Industrial Concentration and Combines Policy, 135

5. Direct Foreign Investment, 140

6. The Naylor Thesis, 142

7. Conclusions, 145

Chapter 7: The Prairie Wheat Economy, 147

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