Edwards, Gail. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442698949 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Illustrated children's books--Publishing--History.--Canada<br/>Children's literature, Canadian--History and criticism.<br/>Children--Books and reading--Canada.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z484  / .P538 2010