Dominion And Agency: Copyright And The Structuring Of The Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Studies In Book And Print Culture)
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
ISBN13:
9781487527709
$34.01
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.
- | Author: Eli MacLaren
- | Publisher: University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1487527705
- | ISBN-13: 9781487527709
- Author:
- Eli MacLaren
- Publisher:
- University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Publication Date:
- Jun 21, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 224 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1487527705
- ISBN-13:
- 9781487527709