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

by Maria Tippett

Book Overview

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 enjoyed a complex, wide-ranging, and diverse cultural life. Its musicians, visual artists, dramatists, and writers, professional and amateur, have been active...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802067840
• ISBN13: 9780802067845
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"