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Making Culture : English-Canadian Institutions and the Arts before the Massey Commission /

Canadian culture began, according to popular belief, in the late 1950s with the establishment of the Canada Council, and blossomed in the nationalist celebrations of the 1960s. The truth, as Maria Tippett shows in this study, is very different. From the late nineteenth century forward, Canada has en...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tippett, Maria, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1990.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. From the campfire to the concert hall: the professionalization of cultural activity
  • 2. 'An identity of tastes and aspirations': educating performers and their audiences
  • 3. 'A mad desire to bring about state control': government patronage and the arts
  • 4. Volunteers, subscribers, and millionaires: the character of private patronage
  • 5. Learning 'on foreign walking sticks': cultural philanthropists, influences, and models from abroad
  • 6. 'The beginning of a co-ordinated artistic life': the Second World War and its aftermath.