Innis, Harold Adams (1894-1952)
Harold Adams Innis was a Canadian political economist who turned to the study of communication in the last years of his career and life, publishing two important works ...
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The political economist Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952) developed the "staple theory" of Canadian development.Harold Adams Innis was born in 1894 in Oxford County in southwestern Ontario. His parents, ...
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During the last decade or so of his life, Harold Innis was undoubtedly the single most influential academic figure in Canada. Trained as an economic historian, he became interested in economic geograp...
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