Overview

First published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation. Professor Fowke demonstrates that agricultural interests have always been secondary in shaping agricultural policy. Government attitudes have been influenced less by economic and political agrarian pressures than by such considerations as defence of empire, provisioning of the staple trades, and later the investment opportunities offered to industry, commerce, and finance by an expanding agricultural frontier.

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Author:   Vernon Fowke
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780802063526

ISBN 10:   0802063527
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   01 December 1978
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Everyone interested in Canadian agriculture...will want to read this book. It is an example of historical scholarship at its best...Mr Fowke has added materially to our understanding of the role which agriculture has played in the Canadian economy and of the treatment it has received at the hands of the government. - Saskatchewan History

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Vernon C. Fowke (1907-1966) was for many years Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.

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