The Role of the Agent in Partisan Communication Networks of Upper Canadian Newspapers

Book history scholars have recognized the importance of agents to the book business in Canada and have made quick reference to newspaper agents (Hare and Wallot 2004, 71-73; Black 2004, 121; Lamonde and Rotundo 2004, 135; Friskney 2004, 142-43); but the only historians to address the work of Canadia...

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Published in:	Journal of Canadian studies 2011-09, Vol.45 (3), p.137-165
Main Author:	Koerber, Duncan
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1800-1899 1820-1850 19th century agent Canada Canadian literature Canadian newspapers Communication networks Communications networks distribution Editors Historians Historiography History Journalism Mackenzie, William Lyon Media News Newspaper agents Ontario periodicals Political aspects Politics Public sphere Readers Subscribers Upper Canada
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Summary:	Book history scholars have recognized the importance of agents to the book business in Canada and have made quick reference to newspaper agents (Hare and Wallot 2004, 71-73; Black 2004, 121; Lamonde and Rotundo 2004, 135; Friskney 2004, 142-43); but the only historians to address the work of Canadian newspaper agents in some depth are Juliana Stabile (2002, 305-8) and Jeffrey McNairn (2000, 123-24). Looking at the broader development of the public sphere in Upper Canada, McNairn suggests that agents were important in that they helped to "construct a network of readers beyond its place of publication, [and] were vital to its survival" (2000, 124); however, he provides only a short gloss on their work based on a handful of letters from Reform agents and an examination of some agent lists.
ISSN:	0021-9495 1911-0251 1911-0251