biography
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Innis, Harold Adams
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| male
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| lived:
| (1894–1952)
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| biography:
| Political economist and pioneer in communication studies. A veteran of World War 1, he studied at McMaster (Hamilton) and Chicago universities, then taught at the University of Toronto. He introduced the staple thesis of economic development, and argued against continentalism in such works as The Fur Trade in Canada (1930) and The Cod Fisheries (1940). Known for the breadth of his reading and theorizing, his influence on later Canadian communication theorists, such as Marshall McLuhan, is notable. |
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