Dominion and Agency by Eli MacLaren PAPERBACK 9781487527709

Dominion and Agency\nby Eli MacLaren\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Eli MacLaren\nTitle: Dominion and Agency\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Publishing industry and journalism\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781487527709\nISBN-10: 1487527705\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe 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.\n\nIn Dominion a.