{"product_id":"9781442643215","title":"Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDominion and Agency\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015112835312,"sku":"9781442643215","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442643215_p0.jpg?v=1763811046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442643215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}