CRI 550 Lecture 8: CRI 550 Class 8 History of Book Selling
2 Apr 2016
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Midterm short answer: commission is out dated and elist. Nothing about aboriginal art and culture in the report. Fosters a sense of naionalism: canada faced dangers with american culture. No canadian idenity, but there was a quebec idenity. If they didn"t get enough money, it didn"t get published. In canada, the early booksellers acted as printers and buyers. Earliest booksellers were jean seto and joseph bargeas who in 1840s and 1850s operated out of. Earliest english-language bookseller was james rvington of halifax. The irst trade bookseller in toronto was thomas maclear, who came to the city from blackie and. Bought a retail bookstore and atracted some leading writers to his house including susanna. American printers of pirated briish books (fracion of cost) Canadian printers of pirated briish and american books. Beginning of 1850s booksellers in montreal and toronto act as wholesalers (agents), for uk and us publishers. Distribuing the agency lines to local and country booksellers.
