Denominational Publishing in Early Canada: Two Unitarian Periodicals

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Denominational Publishing in Early Canada: Two Unitarian Periodicals
Abstract
Religious denominations were responsible for a large percentage of early Canadian periodical publishing. The author studies two mid-nineteenth century Montreal Unitarian periodicals to demonstrate that such periodicals conformed to the standard communications circuit but, owing to the emphasis on theology rather than on profit, provided variations at each point: authors were not paid, printers were members of the denomination, distribution was through a network of sympathizers, and, despite the circulation of free copies, readers were most often the already-converted. As do other religious periodicals, the two Montreal periodicals provide an insight into the life of their community, as well as into the personal and publication networks, both local and international, of their denomination.
Publication
Mémoires du livre /Studies in Book Culture
Volume
Vol. 2
Issue
no. 1
Date
2010
Language
en
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Citation
MacDonald, Mary Lu. “Denominational Publishing in Early Canada: Two Unitarian Periodicals.” Mémoires du livre /Studies in Book Culture Vol. 2, no. 1 (2010). http://www.erudit.org/revue/memoires/2010/v2/n1/045317ar.html.
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