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...
Vast in its scope and depth of scholarship, this second volume of the History of the Book in Canada extends the landmark research on Canadia...
In 1997, a team of historians, librarians, and literary scholars from across the country joined the growing number of researchers around the world studying print culture on a national scale and took up the task of producing a history for Canada. Volume one of the History of the Book in Canada - the first of three volumes in this collaborative project - examines the role of print in the political, religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the colonies that eventually became Canada.
This volume begins with Aboriginal peoples who maintained their stories and history both...
In 1997, a team of historians, librarians, and literary scholars from across the country joined the growing number of researchers around the world ...
