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Picturing Canada : A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing / Gail Edwards, Judith Saltman.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Gail, author.
- Saltman, Judith, author.
- Series:
- Studies in book and print culture.
- Studies in book and print culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illustrated children's books--Publishing--Canada--History.
- Illustrated children's books.
- Children's literature, Canadian--History and criticism.
- Children's literature, Canadian.
- Children--Books and reading--Canada.
- Children.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries.
- Contents:
- A chronology of children's print history in Canada
- Introduction
- Beginnings to the 1890s: Canadian children's books in the Imperial Era
- The 1890s to the 1950s: 'And whether we are yet a nation'
- The postwar period: creating a children's publishing industry
- The 1970s: developing a children's publishing industry
- The 1980s: the flowering of Canadian children's illustrated books
- The 1990s to the present day: structural challenges and changes
- Children's illustrated books, 1990 to the present day
- Canadian cultural identity, Canadian cultural identities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2282-2
- 1-4426-9894-2
- OCLC:
- 1125190687
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