Recasting history : how CBC Television has shaped Canada's past /
Monica MacDonald.
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"This book explores Canadian history documentary and docudrama programming on CBC television since its beginnings in 1952. During this fifty-year period, television was a uniquely powerful medium --at once intimate and widely shared, reaching millions of people. CBC was the only Canadian broadcaster to consistently show history programming and has played a unique role in shaping Canadians' perceptions of their history. Analyzing the major works of Canadian history on CBC television over fifty years --
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Television Network --Influence.
Television--Social aspects--Canada. History on television. Television and history--Canada. Television broadcasting policy--History.--Canada Historical television programs--History and criticism.--Canada Documentary television programs--History and criticism.--Canada