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History of the Book in Canada: Volume 2: 1840-1918
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by Yvan Lamonde, Patricia Lockhart Fleming, and Fiona A. Black
Sales Rank: 2884127
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List Price: $89.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 670 pages
Published by: University of Toronto Press October 1, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 080208012X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0802080127
Book Dimensions:
10 x 6.7 x 2.4 inches
Weighs: 3.3 pounds
Product Description
Vast in its scope and depth of scholarship, this second volume of the History of the Book in Canada extends the landmark research on Canadian book and print culture from 1840 to the end of the First World War. During this time, the lives of Canadians were shaped by technological innovation, political change, and settlement of the West by immigrants from Europe and migrants from eastern and central Canada and the United States. The development of steam power, telegraphy, photography, electricity, and the railroads transformed the book trades.
Whether it was an urban daily, a small-town weekly, a newspaper published in one of a dozen languages, or a magazine, the periodical press reached readers across the country. The period also saw Canadian authors such as L.M. Montgomery write bestsellers that are still popular today, and marked the introduction of new voices, including those of Black communities, Native peoples, and the Métis led by Louis Riel, into print.
Traditional genres of print - government publications, religious books, almanacs, and schoolbooks - were joined in the mid to late nineteenth century by new forms, such as department store catalogues. Advances in Canada's postal service carried print to a wider audience. Unchallenged by other media until the 1890s, print retained a central role in Canadian society into the new century and remained a key source of information and propaganda during the war years.
This second of three volumes in theHistory of the Book in Canada demonstrates the same research and editorial standards established with Volume One by book history specialists from across the nation. The fascinating story of print in the lives of Canadians continues in this significant contribution to Canada's cultural heritage.
Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal is simultaneously publishing French-language editions of each volume as Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada. Cet ouvrage est également disponible en langue française aux Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
ISBN: 2-7606-19737
About The Author
Yvan Lamonde is a professor in the Department of French Language and Literature at McGill University. Fiona A. Black is the director of the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University. Patricia Lockhart Fleming is a professor in the Faculty of Information Studies and the Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture at the University of Toronto.
Reader Reviews
This is a terrible, misleading book that seems to suggest that it is a scholary attempt to understand the history of the book in Canada. In fact, it is a waste, a simple catalouge of anything and everything that was ever published. Sadly, that would include these two. Where is the scholarship? Where is the analysis? Where are the insights? That these three "academics" ever recieved research monies from the governement is, I beleive, cause for investigation!!! Avoid at all costs. Literally!!!!!!
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