"Improvident and Profligate": The Alexandra Readers Controversy in Saskatchewan, 1908–1909.
This article examines the politics and economics surrounding textbook provision in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the first decade of the twentieth century, a period in which debates around the publication and provision of textbooks raged in Canada. It focuses on the 1908 contract between...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Canadian Studies Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 356 - 393 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=158477671&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 158477671 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00219495 JCS jtl: Journal of Canadian Studies issn: 00219495 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2022 vid: 56 iid: 2 pid: 678 pub: University of Toronto Press artinfo: ui: 158477671 10.3138/jcs-2021-0026 ppf: 356 ppct: 37 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 6.6MB tig: atl: "Improvident and Profligate": The Alexandra Readers Controversy in Saskatchewan, 1908–1909. aug: au: Clark, Penney su: Textbook publishing History of education Educational publishing Haultain, Frederick Saskatchewan sug: subj: Saskatchewan Textbook publishing History of education Educational publishing Haultain, Frederick keyword: histoire de l'édition scolaire histoire de l'éducation histoire des programmes d'études history of curriculum history of education history of educational publishing manuels scolaires politics of education politique de l'éducation textbooks histoire de l'édition scolaire histoire de l'éducation histoire des programmes d'études manuels scolaires politique de l'éducation ab: This article examines the politics and economics surrounding textbook provision in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the first decade of the twentieth century, a period in which debates around the publication and provision of textbooks raged in Canada. It focuses on the 1908 contract between the Saskatchewan Department of Education and the Morang Educational Company of Toronto involving the Alexandra Readers. Frederick Haultain, leader of the opposition Provincial Rights Party, used the contract as a club to beat James Calder, commissioner of education for the ruling Liberal government. Haultain claimed that the contract had been offered to Morang because he and John Cameron Saul, editor in chief of the company, had been "college chum[s]." He also claimed that the majority of the textbook selection committee actually had favoured the readers submitted by rival Toronto publisher the Canada Publishing Company. As a result of Haultain's accusations in the Saskatchewan legislature, a royal commission was established to inquire into "the alleged 'improvident and profligate' Morang school book contract and the reasons why it was granted." This study makes evident how controversial textbook provision has been and examines the political influences and commercial pressures that fuelled one such controversy. L'article étudie la politique et l'économie entourant la fourniture des manuels scolaires dans la province canadienne de la Saskatchewan dans la première décennie du xxe siècle, période fertile en débats sur la publication et la fourniture des manuels scolaires au Canada. Il est axé sur le contrat de 1908 entre le ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan et la Morang Educational Company de Toronto concernant les Alexandra Readers. Frederick Haultain, chef du Provincial Rights Party – le parti d'opposition –, s'est servi de ce contrat comme d'une arme contre James Calder, commissaire à l'Éducation du gouvernement libéral au pouvoir. Selon Haultain, le contrat avait été offert à Morang parce que ce dernier et l'éditeur en chef de la société, John Cameron Saul, avaient été des « camarades de collège ». Il prétendait également que la majeure partie du comité de sélection des manuels scolaires avait en fait préféré les livres soumis par la Canada Publishing Company, un éditeur concurrent de Toronto. Par suite des accusations de Haultain à l'Assemblée législative de la Saskatchewan, une commission royale a été mise sur pied pour enquêter sur « le contrat de manuels scolaires Morang – un contrat prétendument accordé de manière "inconsidérée et extravagante" – et les raisons justifiant son attribution ». Cette étude, qui montre à quel point la fourniture de manuels scolaires a suscité la controverse, examine les influences politiques et les pressions commerciales qui ont alimenté cette controverse. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Canadian Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Canadian Studies holder: University of Toronto Press dt: @attributes: year: 2022 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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