POLSCI 3JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Industrial Revolution, Mass Production, Free Trade
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Explain how ontario became one of the richest societies in the world. Apply smardon"s explanation for ontario"s development in the early 20th century to explain ontario"s economic weaknesses over the past seventy years. Assess the claim that ontario is both a core and a peripheral society. Describe how ontario"s economic stagnation has shaped the course of politics over the past forty years. The base of it he wants to tell a story about a society that was in economic backwater that became one of the richest societies. Late 19th century, much poorer and less productive than the united states; by. 1920s, gap had closed and canada had higher income/person than great britain. Canada is much less productive - the americans find ways to kill each other much faster through greater mass production. By the 1920"s the gap had closed; and canada had a higher per person income then britain at times.