Editing Harold Innis (section)

===Cod fishery===
{{main|The Cod Fisheries: The History of an International Economy}}

After the publication of his book on the fur trade, Innis turned to a study of an earlier staple, the [[cod]] fished for centuries off the eastern coasts of North America. The result was ''The Cod Fisheries: The History of an International Economy'' published in 1940, 10&nbsp;years after the fur trade study. Innis tells the detailed history of competing empires in the exploitation of a teeming natural resource, a history that ranges over 500&nbsp;years. While his study of the fur trade focused on the continental interior with its interlocking rivers and lakes, ''The Cod Fisheries'' looks outward at global trade and empire, showing the far-reaching effects of one staple product both on imperial centres and on marginal colonies such as Newfoundland, [[Nova Scotia]], and [[New England]].