"In 1952, a terminally ill Harold Innis asked his closest intellectual confidant, Tom Easterbrook, to teach his signature course on communications on his behalf. With Inniss premature death, the course turned out to be both Inniss final course and the first course on Innis. Alongside Edward Comors detailed introduction, Easterbrooks previously unknown lectures clarify aspects of Innisian scholarship that have been obscured. These include Easterbrooks understanding that Innis applied his concept of bias more broadly than most realize, that through references to media Innis strategically sought to promote certain values, and that Innis had become increasingly interested in the role played by institutions such as language, law, and nationalism. Given Easterbrooks intimate understanding of Inniss methodology and research trajectories, this book is a rich resource for anyone interested in Innis and the foundations of media ecology"--