TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacLaren,Eli
TI  - Dominion and agency: copyright and the structuring of the Canadian book trade, 1867-1918 
T2  - Studies in book and print culture
SN  - 9781442695665
AV  - KE2799 .M345 2011eb
U1  - 346.7104/8209 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Toronto [Ont.]
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Canada
KW  - History
KW  - Book industries and trade
KW  - Publishers and publishing
KW  - Canadian literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Droit d'auteur
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Livres
KW  - Industrie
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Publishing
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index; Conceiving the 1875 Act, 1868-72 : the principles of copyright -- Achieving the 1875 Act, 1872-75 : the London publishers prevail -- Clarifying the 1875 Act, 1876-77 : the stunting of Belford brothers -- Living with the 1875 Act : William Briggs, printer, binder, distributor -- The 1900 Amendment, the agency system, and the Macmillan Company of Canada -- The North American copyright divide : black rock and the magnification of Ralph Connor
N2  - "The 1867 Canadian confederation brought with it expectations of a national literature, which a rising class of local printers hoped to supply. Reforming copyright law in the imperial context proved impossible, and Canada became a prime market for foreign publishers instead. The subsequent development of the agency system of exclusive publisher-importers became a defining feature of Canadian trade publishing for most of the twentieth century. In Dominion and Agency, Eli MacLaren analyses the struggle for copyright reform and the creation of a national literature. Using previously ignored archival sources such as the Board of Trade Papers at the National Archives of the United Kingdom and the MacMillan Company of Canada Fonds at McMaster University, MacLaren addresses the foundations of the Canadian publishing industry. A groundbreaking study, Dominion and Agency is an important exploration of the legal and economic structures that were instrumental in the formation of today's Canadian literary culture as it exists today"--Provided by publisher
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