Pulpit, Press, and Politics : Methodists and the Market for Books in Upper Canada /

When American Methodist preachers first arrived to Upper Canada they brought more than a contagious religious faith. They also brought saddlebags stuffed with books published by the New York Methodist Book Concern - North America's first denominational publisher - to sell along their preaching...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLaren, Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Studies in Book and Print Culture
Temas:
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Books and reading > Canada > History.
Books and reading > Canada > Sociological aspects.
Methodist Church > Publishing.
Methodist Church > Canada.
Publishers and publishing > Canada > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
Anglicans.
Egerton Ryerson.
Methodists.
New York Methodist Book Concern.
Pre-Confederation Canada.
Upper Canada.
books.
church history.
history of publishing.
printing press.
reading.
religion.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "Reading the Most Useful Books"
  • 1. "What a Boon Were These Publications": Buying and Selling Methodist Books in Early Upper Canada
  • 2. "Rekindling the Canada Fire": Books, Periodicals, and the Revival of Methodism after the War of 1812
  • 3. "Rancorous Calumnies and Abuse": Contending for Methodism in Print
  • 4. "Schemes and Evils of Divisions": Denominational Identities and the Public Market for Print
  • 5. "We Saw That All Was Gone": A Failed Claim and a Failing Union
  • 6. "Their Own Book Concern": A Methodist Book Market for All Upper Canadians
  • Conclusion: "Making Our Methodist Book Room a Cultural Mecca for Canada"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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