""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""PART I: INTRODUCTION""; ""1. The Problem""; ""PART II: THE 19TH-CENTURY REVOLUTION IN MINING""; ""2. The Innovations""; ""3. The Diffusion Mechanisms""; ""PART III: REGIONAL APPLICATIONS IN A CANADIAN SETTING, 1840-1890""; ""4. Upper Great Lakes District""; ""5. Southeastern District""; ""6. Western Peninsula District""; ""PART IV: CONCLUSION""; ""7. Technological Change in a New and Developing Country""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""