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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809652003321

Autore

Drummond Ian M.

Titolo

Progress without planning : the economic history of Ontario from Confederation to the Second World War / / Ian M. Drummond with contributions by Peter George [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

1-4426-5395-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 pages)

Collana

Ontario historical studies series

Disciplina

330.9713/04

Soggetti

Industries - Ontario - History

Ontario Economic conditions

Ontario Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

"A project of the Ontario historical studies series for the Government of Ontario."

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; The Ontario Historical Studies Series; General Preface; Preface; Tables; Part One: Overview; 1 Introduction; 2 What People Did; Part Two: The Land and the New Frontiers; 3 Agriculture, 1867-1941; 4 Ontario's Mining Industry, 1870-1940; 5 The North and the North-West: Forestry and Agriculture; 6 The Oil and Gas Industry; Part Three: The Industrial Revolution in Ontario; 7 Ontario's Industrial Revolution, 1867-1914; 8 The Electrification of Ontario; 9 Manufacturing, 1914-41; 10 The Development of Industrial Cities; 11 The Iron and Steel Industry by Kris Inwood.

12 The Development of the Ontario Automobile Industry to 1939; 13 Labour and Capital; 14 Protecting the Workers; Part Four: Transportation, Communication, Trade, and Finance; 15 The Older Means of Transport and Communication: Rail, Water, and the Early Electric Media; 16 Roads, Airways, and Airwaves: Changing Modes of Communication in the Twentieth Century; 17 The Revolution in Ontario Commerce; 18 Financial Evolution; 19 The Provincial 'Exchequer'; Statistical Appendixes; Appendix A: Northern Forestry Statistics; Appendix B: The Industrial Statistics and the Problems They Pose;



Appendix C: Tables; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ian Drummond presents a comprehensive review of the explosive growth of Ontario's economy from 1867 to 1939.