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

Maclaren, Eli

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ISBN 10: 1442643218 ISBN 13: 9781442643215

Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2011

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Eli MacLaren is an assistant professor in the Department of English at McGill University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1442643218
• ISBN 13: 9781442643215
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 221
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