Books published by University of Toronto Press

Volume I contains a biographical study of John Rae, a brilliant economist and scholar who lived in Canada for a period in the early part of the nineteenth century, an analysis of Rae's contributions to economics, and a collection of his articles and essays on a variety of topics.

Volume II is a reprint of Rae's Statement of New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy, originally published in1834. With the reissue of this book, modern students of economics will be better able to appreciate Rae's fundamental contribution to the development of economic thought, particularly the theory of capital.

The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences.

A book like this one spells out the issues of the heated controversy of the history of British architecture and describes how they arose. Professor Jackson looks at the buildings of the period as the products of peculiar sets of circumstances, as works of art and in terms of what their designers were trying to achieve.

Professor Izzo has undertaken a new and thorough investigation of modern Tuscan pronunciation, disproving this hypothesis and providing a definitive conclusion to the debate. He delineates clearly the errors in reasoning of those who trace the Tuscan pronunciation to an Etruscan influence, and presents his conclusions objectively.

This volume includes articles written by colleagues of Professor Urwick in the Department of Political Economy on subjects in which they had special interest, and articles which are summaries of work done by holders of the Maurice Cody Fellowship since its establishment in 1928.

This second volume of economic documents resumes the story of the development of Canada as told by contemporary sources. The volume divides the period into two eras, 1783-1850 and 1850-85.

The most important Canadian in the First World War, Arthur Currie was an extraordinary successful field commander in a war that produced few successful generals. In this biography A.M.J. Hyatt recalls the military career of a remarkable man, offering the first balanced account of a central figure in Canadian military history.

Written within the tradition of Wittgenstein's work, these eight original essays in philosophical psychology are either by-products of efforts to understand Wittgenstein's later writings or applications of techniques and approaches derived from Wittgenstein to problems about which he did not say a great deal.

The Owl and the Nightingale is clearly one of the few major Middle English poems. Kathryn Hume's purpose in writing this book is to offer a new account of the poem, one based on a systematic attempt to assess the validity and usefulness of various possible approaches to the work.

Professor Hughes attempts to define more accurately the position of Francisco de la Torre's verse in the evolution of Spanish poetry in the sixteenth century; revealing that Torre's vision of the pastoral world and his poetic language show him to be a transitional poet of considerable quality and substance and not merely an imitator of Garcilas

This volume presents a general view of the nature of tree reproduction on cut-over forest land, followed by an analysis of the procedure in conducting and reporting regeneration surveys, and conclusions and recommendations for the conducting of future surveys.

In this, the first full account of his life, Mrs. Hood has succeeded in bringing together with care and perception the story of Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomist and anthropologist, and his work. The fascination of Davidson Black's devotion to the exploration of the mysteries of human pre-history has been well rendered.

The fruits of a unique cultural exchange are brought together in this unusual book. Twenty-eight of the most eminent men and women of our generation - philosophers, historians, and scientists from nineteen countries - here discuss what they consider the most vital issues of our day.

This study was prepared in an attempt to clarify seemingly contradictory interpretations of the early history of the discovery of North America, as well as to survey the early historical sources which may contribute to an ethno-historical study of the Indians of those coasts first explored.

The fiscal and institutional development of the Dauphin� province, Frances, suggests a different absolutist dynamic than the conventional idea of a top-down centralization process. Daniel Hickey analyses the groups that directed each stage of the struggle for tax reform that actively encouraged royal intervention.

In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnessses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports led Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist.

A five-act tragedy in blank verse. The play is founded upon the old problem of an unnatural and ill-omened union between youth and age.

The Advocate, an historical melodramatic romance in prose, makes use of English and French antagonisms in Lower Canada.

This is essentially a book about theory building. Instead of actually presenting theory, it suggests and illustrates a particular way in which the social work profession, or any of the other service professions, might pursue the task of developing theory to refine its mode of practice.

The development of a national science policy for Canada -- and the priorities to be set within any such policy -- have been topics of a mounting debate within government and the scientific community. Professor Hayes assesses the limitations and prospects for success of attempts to impose a pattern of planning on Canadian science.

Perspectives on Modernization is published in memory of Ian Weinberg, a sociologist of brilliant promise who died at age thirty. It consists of essays by his colleagues, students, and teachers which reflect upon and carry further Ian Weinberg's majory scholarly concerns -- the processes of industrialization and modernization of societies.

In this report Professor Hartle presents the findings of a series of investigations that have been carried out to obtain information about the future levels and trends of employment in industry. Professor Hartle's monograph provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the Employment Forecast Survey.

Issued on the Diamond Anniversary of the press, this book relates the history of the press and scholarly printing in Canada and examines the various departments in the press.

This book presents the papers delivered at the Conference on Systems and Computer Science held at the University of Western Ontario in September 1965, focused on some of the concepts of Computer Science as a new field of study and at the same time provide a background for scientists looking at the subject for the first time.

Canadian universities are expanding rapidly and becoming very costly to run and equip. Increasingly the bill is borne by federal and provincial public exchequers. What then should be the proper relationship between government and universities if university freedom is to be preserved? This book discusses the various aspects of the question.

Mr. Harbage, distinguished critic and scholar, advocates a movement to give Shakespeare back to the audiences. In his opinion there is no theatre in the world today that can present Shakespeare with full adequacy. The author's argument is provocative and amusing throughout; it begins with detailed complaints and ends with detailed remedies.

This bibliography has been compiled with the aim of providing a useful tool for linguists, scientists, translators, and students of the Hungarian language. It covers a variety of subjects, from atomic physics to card games, from fifteenth-century Latin-Hungarian glossaries to twentieth-century underworld slang.

This bibliography is an exhaustive, objective, and unique list of sources in the study of an event the historical significance of which becomes continually more apparent. The list consists of over two thousand entries from books and pamphlets, periodical articles, motion pictures and monitored broadcasts.

Donald Jones' 'Historic Toronto' column in the Star has proved one of the city's most widely read newspaper features. Now for the first time he has gathered together some of his personal favourites. The result is a richly entertaining collage of amazing and amusing tales of the city and its people.