Dominion And Agency: Copyright And The Structuring Of The Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Studies In Book And Print Culture)

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.

• | Author: Eli MacLaren
• | Publisher: University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1487527705
• | ISBN-13: 9781487527709