Harold Innis Reflects

Memoir and WWI Writings/Correspondence

AvWilliam J. Buxton,Michael R. Cheney

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Offering fresh insight into the early life of Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952), this volume makes available a number of previously unpublished writings from the renowned Canadian economic historian and media scholar.Part I, Innis’s autobiographical memoir, chronicles his farm-based family background, early education, military service during World War I, and the beginnings of what would become a distinguished academic career. Part II features a selection of correspondence during his military service, revealing both the pain and perceptions derived from that experience, and other war-related writings. It also includes “The Returned Soldier,” a detailed piece of research and a compassionate plea to recognize how the aftermath of the Great War would affect those who served as well as the individuals and institutions on the home front. Years before the term “post-traumatic stress disorder” was coined, Innis was acutely aware of the condition and suggested ways in which it might be treated. Other war-related items included are Innis’s first published article (dealing with the economics of the solider) and a draft speech composed in the fall of 1918. All original materials have been extensively annotated to provide context for the contemporary reader and researcher.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-05
Mått:191 x 262 x 23 mm
Vikt:789 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:AnneInnis Dagg
ISBN:9781442273993

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William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal; his numerous publications include Talcott Parsons and the Capitalist Nation-State, Harold Innis in the New Century, and Harold Innis and the North. Michael R. Cheney is professor of communication and associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Springfield. He served as inaugural editor for the Journal of Media Sociology and publishes on politics, culture, and technology. Paul Heyer is professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His publications include Communication and History, Titanic Century, and Harold Innis.

Recensioner i media

The editors of this volume have brought together a variety of writings from the early life of Canadian economic historian and media scholar Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952). Included are a memoir, written in the last year of Innis’s life, covering the first 26 years of his life, 44 letters written in 1916 and 1917 (many from France), and miscellaneous documents, including his 1918 master’s thesis at McMaster University, which examined the condition of Canadian soldiers returning from World War I and what could be done to help them. This topic of course remains important today. While not exploring the fields of expertise for which Innis became known and respected, these items present the youth of an important Canadian scholar. Clearly a specialized collection of documents, this book will be of interest to Canadian readers and people interested in a personal view of World War I.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsForeword (by Anne Innis Dagg)IntroductionPart I – Memoir of Harold Adams Innis (covering the years 1894 – 1922) Preface to the Memoir (by Anne Innis Dagg)Chapter 1: Ancestors and ParentsChapter 2: School and Early CareerChapter 3: BattleChapter 4: After the WarPart II – World War I Writings and CorrespondenceChapter 5: 1916Chapter 6: 1917Chapter 7: 1918-1919List of PersonsBibliographyIndex Abbreviations About the Contributors