POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Deindustrialization, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Transcontinental Railroad
11 Nov 2017
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Background (review: british imperialism (innis) the development of bna by white settlers progressed incrementally in relation to the exploitation of a series of staple products destined for european markets. Fur trade: struggle between france and britain: codfish: few backward or forward linkages. Timber trade: compatible with immigration: creates backwards, forwards, demand linkages. First development strategy: mercantilist-inspired development policies of imperial britain, canadian bourgeoisie: primarily commercial orientation. Links to british mercantilism: depended on preferential tariffs in britain. British industrial revolution (mid 19th century: collapse of mercantilism, new phase of capitalist accumulation, britain abandons preferential tariffs and navigation laws, corn laws repealed. The first national policy and immigration: prior to 1890s, almost exclusively from british isles, decreasing numbers (competition from us, changes: per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of us as (cid:858)full(cid:859, push and pull factors, esult: (cid:858)ope(cid:374) door(cid:859) poli(cid:272)y, us, eastern europe, southern europe. Industrial capitalists: cheap labour source: nativists: maintain vision of canadian identity=british, government: (controlled by nativists and industrial capitalists)
