This book presents the first in-depth study of Canadian cultural history.The author looked broadly at all forms of cultural expression, from music anddance to l... » 

This book presents the first in-depth study of Canadian cultural history.The author looked broadly at all forms of cultural expression, from music anddance to literature and painting, as well as the institutional framework withinwhich culture operates. He examines publishing, TV and radio, and other media ofcultural expression, as well as investigating how culture has been supported byboth private and public patronage. The book begins at the beginning, with twochapters on Aboriginal cultural practice, first before contact and then duringcontact. From there, it moves to look at culture in frontier settlements andearly urban Canada, the Confederation era, and into the twentieth century. Thebook touches on difficult questions of cultural nationalism, via its examinationof the export of Canadian culture (actors and comedians to Hollywood; Anne ofGreen Gables to Japan and elsewhere; and children's literature/TV, such as thesuccess of KidsCan Press and Nelvana in the last decade) as well as the importof both UK and US culture. The book ends with an examination of the question'is our culture in crisis. «