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Glenn Seretan / 296 Philip Taft, Organizing Dixie: Alabama Workers in the Industrial Era; and Merl E. Reed, Leslie S. Hough, and Gary M. Fink, eds.. Southern Workers and their Unions. 1880-1975: Selected Papers. The Second Southern Labor History Conference, 1978 by W.M. Dick/297 John BixJnar. Roger Simon, and Michael P. Weber. Lives of Their Own: Blacks. Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh. 1900-1960 by Michael Frisch / 301 Cletus E. Daniel. The ACLV and the Wagner Act: An Inquiry into the Depression-Era Crisis of American Liberalism by David Brody / 306 Continued on Page 348 216 LABOUR/LE TRAVAILLEUR Richard Pomfret, The Economic Develop­ tacked on at the end as an appendix. It ment of Canada (Toronto: Methuen would have been much more effective to 1981). discuss that approach as one of the alter­ natives in the preceding chapter. The core THIS IS THE SECOND new Canadian cco^ of the book, however, lies in the next nomic history textbook to appear within a three chapters — on, respectively, govern­ year, after a long span of more than 25 ment policies relating to economic devel­ years without any direct challenge to the opment (tariffs, railway subsidization, rein of Easterbrook and Aitken. What and land policy), industrialization in Pomfret has to offer is thinner and more Central Canada, and the Prairie Wheat narrowly focussed. His concerns are Economy, These also turn out to be a strictly the broad themes of Canadian eco­ mixed bag. They summarize the contribu­ nomic development, essentially in the tions of writers of the "new" economic period since about 1850. His organization history and offer some interesting insights is mainly topical, like the other new into and comments on their work. These textbook by Marr and Paterson. The vol­ chapters would provide students with a ume has reasonably good coherence, even good antidote to some of the traditional if the coverage is quite selective. The historical interpretations. They would author explicitly recognizes that he has not. however, leave them with an entirely slighted both population and labour his­ clear understanding of what has been writ­ tory . That may be because there is little on ten. The material is intended to be self- those topics in writings on Canada that contained but is really not. Too much would be classed as "new" economic his­ attention is directed to who wrote what tory, and Pomfret certainly writes as an without explaining why he did it or what economist, from the perspective of the the analysis was really all about. Part of "new" economic history. the problem may be that the author tries to compress too much. In the course of it his Pomfret fills in the pre-1850 back­ judgement and selection of topics become ground with a brief sketch that is very questionable. Cheese manufacturing is much in a conventional "staples" mould. hardly a good example of Canadian indus­ He then outlines some alternative explan­ trialization, the large and important indus­ atory frameworks including both the tries — cotton textiles, clothing, boots "staples" approach and the Marxist. The and shoes, and the variety of metal prod­ idea is a good one but it unfortunately ucts manufacturing boom scarcely receive does not get carried off so well. He is not any mention. The Wheat Economy is dealt a very helpful or reliable guide to the with as an on-going operation in the early "staples" approach and his discussion of twentieth century. Pomfret just passes the Marxian approach is confined to a over the important questions of why west­ review of Stanley Ryerson. ern settlement occurred when it did and how it interacted with the rest of the econ­ The chapter on "approaches" is fol­ omy. lowed by a chapter that offers a broad overview of quantitative evidence on Canadian economic growth in the long- The chapter on the Wheat Economy run. Again, the idea is a lot better than the has tucked away as an appendix a quite execution. There is a glaring lack of inter­ good and reasonable survey of the national comparison and some not Chambers-Gordon assessment of the eco­ altogether reliable discussion of data nomic contributions of the wheat boom series and their sources. Mainly, though, and the controversy they touched off. It is the chapter proceeds without much sense surely incongruent to tuck away in an of framework. The actual framework — appendix the discussion of the most sub­ the growth accounting approach — is stantial work on Canada which the "new" REVIEWS 217 economic history has contributed. It he is with analyzing "power in the Cana­ appears too much as a strained attempt not dian business establishment." Those who to be off-putting to the larger market of want a quick primer on the views of vari­ historians who might have qualms about ous Marxists regarding "state monopoly assigning the book to their students. Three capitalism" may be satisfied, but people rather thin chapters on financial institu­ interested in the role played by business­ tions, business cycles, and regional devel­ men in contemporary Canadian society opment round out the book.