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Picturing Canada : A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing / Gail Edwards, Judith Saltman.

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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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