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 -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.