The History of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918

Download or read book The History of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918 written by Herbert Karl Kalbfleisch and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1968-12-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the rise and eventual disappearance of approximately thirty German weekly newspapers during a period of slightly more than eighty years. It describes the successes and difficulties encountered in maintaining a newspaper press directed at a minority group which was being slowly absorbed into the English-dominated pattern of Ontario. The First World War brought the German newspaper press to an abrupt end by government decree and although this prohibition lifted later, the German press in Ontario never completely recovered. It has remained, however, a fascinating tale out of Ontario's early history.