Dominion and Agency

Dominion and Agency
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781442695672
ISBN-13 : 1442695676
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dominion and Agency by : Eli MacLaren

Download or read book Dominion and Agency written by Eli MacLaren and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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