“When is a book not just a book? Well, as almost any cultural historian can tell you, a book is almost never just a book…”

So begins today’s story from Dr. Scott McLaren.

For further reading:
Pulpit, Press, and Politics: Methodists and the Market for Books in Upper Canada by Scott McLaren (University of Toronto Press, 2019)

Episode transcript:
https://skymichaeljohnston.com/90secnarratives/