Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 - Couverture rigide

MacLaren, Eli

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442643218 ISBN 13 : 9781442643215

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2011

Synopsis

The 1867 Canadian confederation brought with it expectations of a national literature, which a rising class of local printers hoped to supply. Reforming copyright law in the imperial context proved impossible, and Canada became a prime market for foreign publishers instead. The subsequent development of the agency system of exclusive publisher-importers became a defining feature of Canadian trade publishing for most of the twentieth century. In Dominion and Agency, Eli MacLaren analyses the struggle for copyright reform and the creation of a national literature using previously ignored archival sources such as the Board of Trade Papers at the National Archives of the United Kingdom. A groundbreaking study, Dominion and Agency is an important exploration of the legal and economic structures that were instrumental in the formation of today's Canadian literary culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eli MacLaren is a course instructor in the Department of English at Carleton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442643218
• ISBN 13: 9781442643215
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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