Harold Innis, Some Aspects of His Posthumous Reception, 1952–1981, and His Ideas of Empire and Communication.
This article examines Harold Innis in his time and for our times through a discussion of his posthumous reception in the 1950s by his colleagues: J.B. Brebner, Vincent Bladen, W.T. Easterbrook, and Donald Creighton. It then examines a period from 1976 to 1981, in a time of refection, partly at an ev...
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