History of the Book in Canada – Volume Three: 1918–1980 Gerson Michon Hardback

History of the Book in CanadaVolume Three: 1918-1980\nAuthor(s): Carole Gerson, Jacques Michon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802090478, 978-0802090478\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n\n Crucial to creating a sense of identity during this period was.