Lot 500
Eleven Mostly 1st Edition Books by, or Edited by, Harold A. Innis, (1894-1952)
Lot 500 Details
Eleven Mostly 1st Edition Books by, or Edited by, Harold A. Innis, (1894-1952)
comprising:
A HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, 1923
THE FUR TRADE IN CANADA, 1930
PETER POND: FUR TRADER AND ADVENTURER, 1930
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY AND ITS PROBLEMS, 1930, with BC Premier John Hart's ownership signature
THE JAPANESE CANADIANS, 1938
THE COD FISHERIES, 1940
THE DIARY OF ALEXANDER JAMES MCPHAIL, 1940
EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS, 1950
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION, 1951
THE BIAS OF COMMUNICATION, 1951
CHANGING CONCEPTS OF TIME, 1952
various sizes
Estimate $150-$250
Note:
Harold Adams Innis FRSC (1894 – 1952) authored various works on Canadian economic history, media and communication theory. A Canadian professor at the University of Toronto, he helped develop the staples thesis, a work that dominated economic history in Canada from the 1930s to 1960s, and continues to be a fundamental part of the Canadian political economic tradition.