Picturing Canada a history of Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing / Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman.

By:

Edwards, Gail [Author]

Contributor(s):

Saltman, Judith

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 381 pages, 20. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442698949

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

Z484 .P538 2010

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Contents:

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.

Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	Z484 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn705263690

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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