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Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918

Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918

MacLaren, Eli

Paperback

Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture

Canadian HistoryBusiness of WritingGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1487527705
ISBN13: 9781487527709
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Jun 21 2022
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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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