Protecting Infant Industries: Canadian Manufacturing and the National Policy, 1870-1913

@article{Harris2015ProtectingII,
  title={Protecting Infant Industries: Canadian Manufacturing and the National Policy, 1870-1913},
  author={Richard Harris and I. S. Keay and Frank D. Lewis},
  journal={Explorations in Economic History},
  year={2015},
  volume={56},
  pages={15-31}
}
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