Business & Economics Economic Conditions
Capitalism and the National Question in Canada
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 1972
- Category
- Economic Conditions, General, Social Classes, Economic Conditions
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- ISBN
- 9781487583897
- Publish Date
- Dec 1972
- List Price
- $41.95
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Description
Capitalism is the accepted, and so intellectually an almost invisible, way of life in Canada. Very little has been thought or published about Canada that uses a Marxist critique of capitalism and its dynamics, and this book aims to advance such thinking by analysing the reasons for the openness of the dominion to capitalist domination, first by Europeans and then by Americans, to labour domination from the United States, and to a sell-out policy in regard to its land and farms. The dependency of the Canadian ruling class on foreign capitalists is an important factor in Canada’s continued colonial-mindedness, and the rise of nationalism in Quebec is based on the inevitabilities of the class antagonisms set up by capitalism. The authors believe that it is only through such Marxist theory and practice that a way can be found for Canada to escape at last from imperialist exploitation and that a way can be found to shape a socialist future for the whole country.
About the author
Gary Teeple is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.