Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Studies in Book and Print Culture) - Tapa dura

Libro 12 de 29: Studies in Book and Print Culture

MacLaren, Eli

 
9781442643215: Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Studies in Book and Print Culture)

Sinopsis

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

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9781487527709: Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Studies in Book and Print Culture)

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ISBN 10:  1487527705 ISBN 13:  9781487527709
Editorial: University of Toronto Press, 2022
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