William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal; his numerous publications include Talcott Parsons and the Capitalist Nation-State, Harold Innis in the New Century, and Harold Innis and the North. Michael R. Cheney is professor of communication and associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Springfield. He served as inaugural editor for the Journal of Media Sociology and publishes on politics, culture, and technology. Paul Heyer is professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His publications include Communication and History, Titanic Century, and Harold Innis.

• AcknowledgementsForeword (by Anne Innis Dagg)IntroductionPart I – Memoir of Harold Adams Innis (covering the years 1894 – 1922) Preface to the Memoir (by Anne Innis Dagg)Chapter 1: Ancestors and ParentsChapter 2: School and Early CareerChapter 3: BattleChapter 4: After the WarPart II – World War I Writings and CorrespondenceChapter 5: 1916Chapter 6: 1917Chapter 7: 1918-1919List of PersonsBibliographyIndex Abbreviations About the Contributors

The editors of this volume have brought together a variety of writings from the early life of Canadian economic historian and media scholar Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952). Included are a memoir, written in the last year of Innis’s life, covering the first 26 years of his life, 44 letters written in 1916 and 1917 (many from France), and miscellaneous documents, including his 1918 master’s thesis at McMaster University, which examined the condition of Canadian soldiers returning from World War I and what could be done to help them. This topic of course remains important today. While not exploring the fields of expertise for which Innis became known and respected, these items present the youth of an important Canadian scholar. Clearly a specialized collection of documents, this book will be of interest to Canadian readers and people interested in a personal view of World War I.

William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal; his numerous publications include Talcott Parsons and the Capitalist Nation-State, Harold Innis in the New Century, and Harold Innis and the North. Michael R. Cheney is professor of communication and associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Springfield. He served as inaugural editor for the Journal of Media Sociology and publishes on politics, culture, and technology. Paul Heyer is professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His publications include Communication and History, Titanic Century, and Harold Innis.

• AcknowledgementsForeword (by Anne Innis Dagg)IntroductionPart I – Memoir of Harold Adams Innis (covering the years 1894 – 1922) Preface to the Memoir (by Anne Innis Dagg)Chapter 1: Ancestors and ParentsChapter 2: School and Early CareerChapter 3: BattleChapter 4: After the WarPart II – World War I Writings and CorrespondenceChapter 5: 1916Chapter 6: 1917Chapter 7: 1918-1919List of PersonsBibliographyIndex Abbreviations About the Contributors

The editors of this volume have brought together a variety of writings from the early life of Canadian economic historian and media scholar Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952). Included are a memoir, written in the last year of Innis’s life, covering the first 26 years of his life, 44 letters written in 1916 and 1917 (many from France), and miscellaneous documents, including his 1918 master’s thesis at McMaster University, which examined the condition of Canadian soldiers returning from World War I and what could be done to help them. This topic of course remains important today. While not exploring the fields of expertise for which Innis became known and respected, these items present the youth of an important Canadian scholar. Clearly a specialized collection of documents, this book will be of interest to Canadian readers and people interested in a personal view of World War I.

William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal; his numerous publications include Talcott Parsons and the Capitalist Nation-State, Harold Innis in the New Century, and Harold Innis and the North. Michael R. Cheney is professor of communication and associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Springfield. He served as inaugural editor for the Journal of Media Sociology and publishes on politics, culture, and technology. Paul Heyer is professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His publications include Communication and History, Titanic Century, and Harold Innis.

• AcknowledgementsForeword (by Anne Innis Dagg)IntroductionPart I – Memoir of Harold Adams Innis (covering the years 1894 – 1922) Preface to the Memoir (by Anne Innis Dagg)Chapter 1: Ancestors and ParentsChapter 2: School and Early CareerChapter 3: BattleChapter 4: After the WarPart II – World War I Writings and CorrespondenceChapter 5: 1916Chapter 6: 1917Chapter 7: 1918-1919List of PersonsBibliographyIndex Abbreviations About the Contributors

The editors of this volume have brought together a variety of writings from the early life of Canadian economic historian and media scholar Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952). Included are a memoir, written in the last year of Innis’s life, covering the first 26 years of his life, 44 letters written in 1916 and 1917 (many from France), and miscellaneous documents, including his 1918 master’s thesis at McMaster University, which examined the condition of Canadian soldiers returning from World War I and what could be done to help them. This topic of course remains important today. While not exploring the fields of expertise for which Innis became known and respected, these items present the youth of an important Canadian scholar. Clearly a specialized collection of documents, this book will be of interest to Canadian readers and people interested in a personal view of World War I.