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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Revealing aspects of Harold Adam Innis’s character that have largely escaped the attention of his biographers, this volume brings together Innis’s previously unpublished autobiographical memoir, a selection of his WWI correspondence, and his thesis, "The Returned Soldier." Detailed annotations by the volume editors flesh out the original materials. Zusammenfassung Revealing aspects of Harold Adam Innis’s character that have largely escaped the attention of his biographers, this volume brings together Innis’s previously unpublished autobiographical memoir, a selection of his WWI correspondence, and his thesis, “The Returned Soldier.” Detailed annotations by the volume editors flesh out the original materials. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Foreword (by Anne Innis Dagg) Introduction Part I - Memoir of Harold Adams Innis (covering the years 1894 - 1922) Preface to the Memoir (by Anne Innis Dagg) Chapter 1: Ancestors and Parents Chapter 2: School and Early Career Chapter 3: Battle Chapter 4: After the War Part II - World War I Writings and Correspondence Chapter 5: 1916 Chapter 6: 1917 Chapter 7: 1918-1919 List of Persons Bibliography Index Abbreviations About the Contributors