Billy Johnson is adjunct professor of English literature and Canadian studies at Dalhousie University.

"Publishing Place is a nuanced, broad, and passionate analysis of how a shifting print culture made visible the complexities that emerged as Canada’s three eastern provinces encountered post–World War I modernism, dominating nationalist ideologies, demographic shifts, and the resistance of marginalized groups who sought to reverse their disempowered states. Readers of this engaging book will gain an original and transformative vision of the region." – David Creelman, University of New Brunswick

• Figures viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Print Modernity in the East 31 The Construction of Region in Fin-de-Siècle Magazines 292 Post-Race, Afromodernism, and Abraham Beverly Walker’s Neith 793 Culture in a Crisis: Cultural History and East Coast Literature Between the Wars 1294 Liberal Fantasy, Populist Appeal: Will R. Bird’s War Fiction and The Busy East of Canada 1575 Left Transnationalism, Socialist Feminism, and The Maritime Labor Herald 186Conclusion: Old Truths, New Fictions 226Notes 237Bibliography 265Index 295

Billy Johnson is adjunct professor of English literature and Canadian studies at Dalhousie University.

"Publishing Place is a nuanced, broad, and passionate analysis of how a shifting print culture made visible the complexities that emerged as Canada’s three eastern provinces encountered post–World War I modernism, dominating nationalist ideologies, demographic shifts, and the resistance of marginalized groups who sought to reverse their disempowered states. Readers of this engaging book will gain an original and transformative vision of the region." – David Creelman, University of New Brunswick

• Figures viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Print Modernity in the East 31 The Construction of Region in Fin-de-Siècle Magazines 292 Post-Race, Afromodernism, and Abraham Beverly Walker’s Neith 793 Culture in a Crisis: Cultural History and East Coast Literature Between the Wars 1294 Liberal Fantasy, Populist Appeal: Will R. Bird’s War Fiction and The Busy East of Canada 1575 Left Transnationalism, Socialist Feminism, and The Maritime Labor Herald 186Conclusion: Old Truths, New Fictions 226Notes 237Bibliography 265Index 295

Billy Johnson is adjunct professor of English literature and Canadian studies at Dalhousie University.

"Publishing Place is a nuanced, broad, and passionate analysis of how a shifting print culture made visible the complexities that emerged as Canada’s three eastern provinces encountered post–World War I modernism, dominating nationalist ideologies, demographic shifts, and the resistance of marginalized groups who sought to reverse their disempowered states. Readers of this engaging book will gain an original and transformative vision of the region." – David Creelman, University of New Brunswick

• Figures viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Print Modernity in the East 31 The Construction of Region in Fin-de-Siècle Magazines 292 Post-Race, Afromodernism, and Abraham Beverly Walker’s Neith 793 Culture in a Crisis: Cultural History and East Coast Literature Between the Wars 1294 Liberal Fantasy, Populist Appeal: Will R. Bird’s War Fiction and The Busy East of Canada 1575 Left Transnationalism, Socialist Feminism, and The Maritime Labor Herald 186Conclusion: Old Truths, New Fictions 226Notes 237Bibliography 265Index 295