Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis

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Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis, Alexander John Watson, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, cloth, $65.00, pp. xi, 525.

In the study of Canadian political thought, a young doctoral student wrote, and defended in 1981, an excellent PhD dissertation on Harold Innis. Unlike many works, it was based as much on an exhaustive examination of Harold Innis' papers as it was on Innis' published works. Unfortunately, A. John Watson did not continue in academia and his work was ultimately accessible only to the committed Innis specialist, willing to visit the U of T's Robarts Library or consult microfilm. After half a career as CEO of Care Canada, the international relief organization, Alexander John Watson has revised and published this work, making it accessible to a much broader audience.