Canadian economic history : classic and contemporary approaches : a selection of essays / / edited by M.H. Watkins & H.M. Grant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819587103321
• Autore: Watkins M.H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ottawa, : Carleton University Press, c1999
• ISBN: 1-283-52930-0; 9786613841759; 0-7735-8525-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Collana: Carleton library series ; ; no. 176
• Altri autori (Persone): WatkinsM. H; GrantH. M
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Economic history; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; Canada Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The staple approach -- pt. 2. Early staples, agriculture and finance -- pt. 3. Transition to industrial capitalism -- pt. 4. Growth and stagnation in the twentieth century.
• Sommario/riassunto: Contemporary methodologies include the "cliometric" style of historical analysis, econometrics, labour and regional study, and the changing parameters of government spending and public finance. The juxtaposition of classic theoretical statements with works by "outsiders" such as G.S. Kealey, B.D. Palmer, R.T. Naylor, R.E Ommer, among others, makes this a solid yet innovative record of the progress in economics over the last forty years. Canadian Economic History remains an essential classroom text.