Glen Williams: 3 books
Not For Export
The International Competitiveness of Canadian Manufacturing, 1879-1994
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Widely recognized as a definitive work in Canadian political economy, this re-issue of Not For Export includes the complete 1994 Third Edition along with an Appendix, drawn from the First Edition, outlining the staples theories of Innis and Mackintosh.
Review of the First Edition:
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Blood Must Tell
Debating race and identity in the Canadian House of Commons, 1880-1925
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Surveying more than four decades of debates in Canada’s House of Commons around the turn of the twentieth century, Blood Must Tell shows that biologically determinist race-thinking was never accepted by its elected members as unassailable truth. Although racist ideas were habitually and openly articulated...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...