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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: 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: LOC classification:
  • Z484 .P538 2010
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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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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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