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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"This book explores Canadian history documentary and docudrama programming on CBC television since its beginnings in 1952. During this fifty-year period, television was a uniquely powerful medium --at once intimate and widely shared, reaching millions of people. CBC was the only Canadian broadcaster to consistently show history programming and has played a unique role in shaping Canadians' perceptions of their history. Analyzing the major works of Canadian history on CBC television over fifty years -- Explorations (1956-63), Images of Canada (1972-76), The National Dream (1974), The Valour and the Horror (1992), and Canada: A People's History (2000-02) -- reveals patterns and developments in content and presentation. As the author argues, these developments were not arbitrary but were impelled by a wide range of external factors: developments in broadcasting policy and regulation in Canada; television industry developments, including competition from a growing American market and for new Canadian broadcasters (such as CTV and Global) for viewers and for advertising revenue; the evolution of television itself, including the standards and financing of production and attention to ratings, technological change, and job creation; and the evolution of journalism and the role of journalists as supposed authorities. This book is both a critique of public history and a political economy of television production. The author has three major findings."-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
CBC television presents ... Canadian history! Explorations -- A New History of Canada? Images of Canada -- Television History and the Star Journalist: The National Dream -- Behind the History Wars at the CBC: The Valour and the Horror -- One Big Story: Canada: A People's History. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Television Network -- Influence.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Television Network. |
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Television -- Social aspects -- Canada.
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Television -- Social aspects. |
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Canada. |
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Television. |
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History on television.
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History on television. |
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Television and history -- Canada.
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Television and history. |
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Television broadcasting policy -- Canada -- History.
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Television broadcasting policy. |
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History. |
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Historical television programs -- Canada -- History and criticism.
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Historical television programs. |
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Documentary television programs -- Canada -- History and criticism.
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Documentary television programs. |
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Canada |
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Documentary television programs |
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Historical television programs |
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History |
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History and criticism |
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History on television |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Social aspects |
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Television |
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Television and history |
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Television broadcasting policy |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version:MacDonald, Monica, 1965- Recasting history. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019 077355632X 9780773556317 (OCoLC)1045738675 |
ISBN |
9780773558090 (electronic book) |
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0773558098 (electronic book) |
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9780773558083 (electronic book) |
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077355808X (electronic book) |
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