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Historical research as a foundation for teaching applied issues in publishing

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Historical research benefits students of publishing in three ways. First, it provides an accurate account of what happened in the past. Second, by setting contemporary issues in a historical context, it helps identify trends. Finally, it encourages curiosity and learning about one’s cultural and intellectual heritage. Parker provides examples of research that serve these purposes.

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Further Reading

  • Audley, Paul.Canada’s Cultural Industries. Toronto: Lorimer; Ottawa: Canadian Institute for Economic Policy, 1983.

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  • Canada, Secretary of State, Arts and Culture Branch.The Publishing Industry in Canada. Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1977.

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  • de Bellefeuille, Pierre, Alain Pontaut, et al.La bataille du livre au Quebec: oui à la culture française, non au colonialisme culturel. Montréal: Editions Leméac, 1972.

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  • Michon, Jacques, ed.L’édition du livre populaire. Sherbrooke, P.Q.: Lew Editions Ex Libris, 1989.

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  • Ontario, Royal Commission on Book PublishingBackground Papers. Toronto: Queen’s Printer, 1972.

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  • Parker, George L.The Beginnings of the Book Trade in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985.

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  1. Royal Military College of Canada, K7K 5LO, Kingston, Ontario

    George L. Parker

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George L. Parker is professor and head of the Department of English and Philosophy at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. He teaches Canadian and American literature, has coedited an anthology,The Evolution of Canadian Literature in English: Beginnings to 1970, has contributed to theDictionary of Canadian Biography, and has publishedThe Beginnings of The Book Trade in Canada (1985).

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Parker, G.L. Historical research as a foundation for teaching applied issues in publishing. Book Research Quarterly 6, 65–73 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02683736

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