{"product_id":"the-handover-how-bigwigs-and-bureaucrats-transferred-canadas-best-publisher-and-the-best-part-of-our-literary-heritage-to-a-foreign-multinational-hardcover-1","title":"The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Dewar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil recently, McClelland and Stewart had been known as \"The Canadian Publisher,\" the country's longest-lived and best independent press. Its dynamic leader Jack McClelland worked with successive provincial and federal governments to help draft policies in the 1960s and 70s which ensured that Canadian stories would, for the first time in the nation's history, be told and published by Canadians. M\u0026amp;S introduced Canadians to themselves while championing the nation's literature, bringing to the world Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Mavis Gallant, Farley Mowat, Rohinton Mistry, Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, and many others. When 75% of M\u0026amp;S was gifted amidst great fanfare to the University of Toronto on Canada Day 2000--\"To achieve the survival of one great Canadian institution,\" M\u0026amp;S owner Avie Bennett declared at the time, \"I have given it into the care of another great Canadian institution\"--one could've assumed that it would remain in Canadian hands and under Canadian control in perpetuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut one would have been wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her controversial new book, Elaine Dewar reveals for the first time how M\u0026amp;S was sold salami-style to Random House, a division of German media giant Bertelsmann; how smart businessmen and even smarter lawyers danced through the raindrops of the laws put into place to protect Canadian cultural institutions from foreign ownership while cultural bureaucrats looked the other way; and why we should care. It is the story not just of the demise of the country's best independent publisher, it is about the threats, internal and otherwise, facing Canadian culture. \u003cem\u003eThe Handover\u003c\/em\u003e is more than just a CanLit How-Done-It: it is essential reading for anyone interested in the telling of Canadian stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElaine Dewar--author, journalist, television story editor--has been propelled since childhood by insatiable curiosity and the joy of storytelling. Her journalism has been honored by nine National Magazine awards, including the prestigious President's Medal, and the White Award. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eCloak of Green\u003c\/i\u003e, delved into the dark side of environmental politics and became an underground classic. \u003ci\u003eBones: Discovering the First Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, an investigation of the science and politics regarding the peopling of the Americas, was a national bestseller and earned a special commendation from the Canadian Archaeological Association. \u003ci\u003eThe Second Tree: of Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality\u003c\/i\u003e won Canada's premier literary nonfiction prize from the Writers' Trust. Dewar has been called \"one of Canada's best muckrakers and \"Canada's Rachel Carson.\" She aspires to be a happy warrior for the public good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.7 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45810857246917,"sku":"9781771961110","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/1_xFPm8Ub69781771961110_13779f6a-46b4-4d2c-b368-e950179ec760.webp?v=1770961024","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-handover-how-bigwigs-and-bureaucrats-transferred-canadas-best-publisher-and-the-best-part-of-our-literary-heritage-to-a-foreign-multinational-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}