Picturing Canada a history of Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing /
Edwards, Gail.
Picturing Canada a history of Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing / Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 381 pages, 20. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) - Studies in book and print culture .
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.
9781442698949
Illustrated children's books--Publishing--History.--Canada
Children's literature, Canadian--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--Canada.
Electronic Books.
Z484 / .P538 2010
Picturing Canada a history of Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing / Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 381 pages, 20. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) - Studies in book and print culture .
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.
9781442698949
Illustrated children's books--Publishing--History.--Canada
Children's literature, Canadian--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--Canada.
Electronic Books.
Z484 / .P538 2010