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To amuse and instruct: reading materials and readership in nineteenth century Ontario, Canada
thesis
posted on 2013-06-11, 11:21 authored by John A. WisemanThrough the examination of contemporary records,
particularly newspapers, magazines, book-trade catalogues,
reports of various kinds, and a number of historical
accounts of the early settlement of the province, this
study demonstrates that, from the late eighteenth century
through the nineteenth, adults and children with a propensity
for reading gained access to an increasingly
broad range of secular and pious publications that were
produced either indigenously, or, more frequently, emanated
from the presses of Great Britain and the United States [continued]…
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Publisher
© John A. WisemanPublication date
1980Notes
A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en