Marginal man : the dark vision of Harold Innis / Alexander John Watson.

"With Marginal Man, Alexander John Watson provides the first in-depth intellectual biography of Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952), the great Canadian economic historian and communications visionary. Melding biography and analysis, he explores in detail the links between key events in Innis's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watson, A. John (Alexander John), 1948-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2006.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Innis, Harold Adams. Mass media specialists > Canada > Biography. Economists > Canada > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies. HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- ) Economists Mass media specialists Canada Canada. Electronic books. Biographies Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Innisian Puzzle""; ""Part One: From the Margin, 1894â€?1939""; ""1 The 'Herald' of Otterville, 1894â€?1913""; ""2 The Great War, 1914â€?1918""; ""3 One of the Veterans, 1919â€?1923""; ""4 The Search for a New Paradigm, 1920â€?1929""; ""5 The Great Betrayal, 1930â€?1940""; ""Part Two: To the Margin, 1940â€?1952""; ""6 Hunting the Snark""; ""7 A Telegram to Australia: Innis's Working Methods""; ""8 Innis and the Classicists: Imperial Balance and Social-Science Objectivity""
9 Time, Space, and the Oral Tradition: Towards a Theory of Consciousness10 At the Edge of the Precipice: The Mechanization of the Vernacular and Cultural Collapse
11 Cassandra's Curse
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Marginal man : the dark vision of Harold Innis / Alexander John Watson.

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