Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Chronology of Children’s Print History in Canada xv
6. PICTURING CANADA A History of Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books and Publishing
7. 1 Introduction 3
8. 2 Beginnings to the 1890s: Canadian Children’s Books in the Imperial Era 17
9. 3 The 1890s to the 1950s: ‘And Whether We Are Yet a Nation’ 31
10. 4 The Postwar Period: Creating a Children’s Publishing Industry 51
11. 5 The 1970s: Developing a Children’s Publishing Industry 69
12. 6 The 1980s: The Flowering of Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books 99
13. 7 The 1990s to the Present Day: Structural Challenges and Changes 132
14. 8 Children’s Illustrated Books, 1990 to the Present Day 153
15. 9 Canadian Cultural Identity, Canadian Cultural Identities 191
16. Notes 227
17. Bibliography 293
18. Index 359