Main entry:

Bringhurst, Robert, 1946-

Title & Author:

The surface of meaning : books and book design in Canada / Robert Bringhurst.

Publication:

Vancouver : CCSP Press, ©2008.

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

The Atkins library ; no. 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
Prologue: What's a Book -- And Why? -- Transparency, tangibility, complexity, and culture -- The Invisible Book -- Literary structures before, beneath, and beside the European colonization -- The Echo of Tangibility -- Constructing culture from the Second World War to the Digital Divide -- Stills from the Typographic Movie -- Canadian books from 1980 to the present day -- App. 1. Winners of the Aleuin Design Awards 1981-2006 -- App. 2. Winners of the Malahat Awards 1981-1984 -- App. 3. Frequency of Mention in Appendices 1 & 2.

Summary:

In this fascinating study, Robert Bringhurst takes readers on a walking tour through the bramble of book design, from the mid-18th century to the present day. Along the way, he discovers a true image trove of identity, culture, and history. Transcending other works on the subject, Bringhurst here creates a truly national survey by bringing Canadas long history of aboriginal storytelling into a context of book a context that goes far beyond the printed page.

Resources:
Couverture / Art
Couverture / Art
Introduction
Table des matières / Table of Contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780973872729
0973872721

Subject:

Book design Canada History.
Books Canada History.
Oral tradition Canada.
Publishers and publishing Canada History.
Makeup (Printing) Canada History.
Mise en pages Canada Histoire.
Livres Canada Histoire.
Tradition orale Canada.
Éditeurs Canada Histoire.
Livres Conception graphique Canada Histoire.
Makeup (Printing)
Book design
Books
Oral tradition
Publishers and publishing
Buchgestaltung
Typografie.
Boekdrukkunst.
Canada
Kanada
(lcsh)Book design--Canada--History.
(lcsh)Books--Canada--History.
(lcsh)Oral tradition--Canada.
(lcsh)Publishers and publishing--Canada--History.
(rvm)Livres--Mise en pages--Canada--Histoire.
(rvm)Livres--Canada--Histoire.
(rvm)Tradition orale--Canada.
(rvm)Éditeurs--Canada--Histoire.
(gtt)Typografie.
(gtt)Boekdrukkunst.
(gtt)Canada.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Atkins library ; no. 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 259919
Call No.: Z483 .B7 2008
Status: Available