The Macmillan Company of Canada in the 1930s

This paper examines the Macmillan Company of Canada, a major Canadian book publishing house, and the factors that affected its Canadian publishing in the 1930s. After the early history of the company is sketched, the number and types of Canadian titles that were published during each year of the 1930s are reviewed. In order to explain the company’s Canadian publication lists for the decade, a variety of factors are discussed throughout the …