Paper talk: a history of libraries, print culture, and aboriginal peoples in canada before 1960
Auteur :
Edwards, Brendan Frederick R.
Éditeur :
Scarecrow Press
ISBN :
9780810851139
Date de publication :
10 déc. 2004
Dimensions :
21,4 x 14,0 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
345 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A scholar of library and information science, Canadian studies, and native studies, Edwards traces the introduction of books and print culture to Aboriginal people in Canada from the first endeavors of missionaries in the 1820s to the opening of the first official public library for natives. The overarching question he asks is what the motivations