The History of the Book in Canada is one of this country's great
scholarly achievements, with three volumes spanning topics from
Aboriginal communication systems established prior to European
contact to the arrival of multinational publishing companies. Each
volume observes developments in the realms of writing, publishing,
dissemination, and reading, illustrating the process of a fledgling
nation coming into its own. The third and final volume follows book
history and print culture from the end of the First World War to
1980, discussing the influences on them of the twentieth century,
including the country's growing demographic complexity and the rise
of multiculturalism. Crucial to creating a sense of identity during
this period was the Royal Commission on National Development in the
Arts, Letters and Sciences, whose report of 1951 led to the
establishment of influential cultural institutions such as the
Canada Council for the Arts and the National Library of Canada.
Other key developments included the initiation and growth of
library systems, the expansion of film, radio, and television, the
burgeoning of children's literature, enhanced opportunities for
writers, the Quiet Revolution in Quebec, and the rise of Canadian
studies and Canadian literature as respected fields for teaching
and research. In English Canada, mainstream book publishing
flourished during the 1920s, suffered severely during the
Depression, went through a period of renewal and advance after the
Second World War, but became imperilled by the 1970s. Small
literary presses and allophone publishers, in turn, grew
increasingly significant during the 1960s, a decade in which
Quebec's new cultural policies began to foster ongoing support for
francophone book culture. In addition to telling the stories of
Canada's recent book history, this volume pays due attention to
multifarious developments in print culture, including book prizes,
sports writing, pulp magazines, the alternative press, Coles Notes,
the international success of Harlequin, and the unprecedented
influence of Les insolences du Fr re Untel, the famous cry for
education reform in 1960s Quebec. Volume three of the History of
the Book in Canada marks the successful completion of an
extraordinary project that documents the country's achievements for
generations of scholars and readers to come.
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