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Why Did We Choose to Industrialize?
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Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Wins 2016 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize
We are very pleased to announce that Robert C.H. Sweeny, author of Why Did We Choose to Industrialize?: Montreal, 1819-1849 has won the 2016 Sir John A. Macdonald prize!
The prize, which is awarded annually by the Canadian Historical Association, goes to the best scholarly book in Canadian history (non-fiction) which is judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.
It was a big year for MQUP, with three titles being nominated for the award. Congratulations to Robert C.H. Sweeny on his win, and congratulations as well to both Caroline Durand (Nourrir la machine) and Douglas McCalla (Consumers in the Bush) on being named finalists!
Why Did We Choose to Industrialize?
Montreal, 1819-1849
A new analysis of the factors and human choice at the heart of industrialization and social change.
The choice to industrialize has changed the world more than any other decision in human history. And yet the three prevailing explanations – the technical (new energy sources), the Marxist (new social relations), and the neo-liberal (people became more industrious) – are inadequate in making sense of this fundamental change. In mid-nineteenth-century Montreal, as in other early industrializing societies, change occurred as a result of the choices people made when faced with unprecedented opportunities and constraints. Read more>
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