The West and beyond new perspectives on an imagined region

The West and Beyond explores the state of Western Canadian history, showcasing the research interests of a new generation of scholars while charting new directions for the future and stimulating further interrogation of our past. This dynamic collection encourages dialogue among generations of histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Finkel, Alvin, 1949- author (author), Carter, Sarah, 1954- author, Fortna, Peter, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, Alberta : Athabasca University Press 2010
2010.
Colección:West unbound.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Frameworks for Western Canadian History
  • 1 Critical History in Western Canada 1900-2000
  • 2 Vernacular Currents in Western Canadian: Historiography: The Passion and Prose of: Katherine Hughes, F.G. Roe, and Roy Ito
  • 3 Cree Intellectual Traditions in History
  • Part Two: The Aboriginal West
  • 4 Visualizing Space, Race, and History in the North:: Photographic Narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie: River Basin
  • 5 The Kaleidoscope of Madness: Perceptions of Insanity: in British Columbia Aboriginal Populations, 1872-1950
  • 6 Space, Temporality, History: Encountering Hauntings: in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
  • 7 The Expectations of a Queen: Identity and Race Politics: in the Calgary Stampede
  • Part Three: The Workers' West
  • 8 Capitalist Development, Forms of Labour,: and Class Formation in Prairie Canada
  • 9 Two Wests, One-and-a-Half Paradigms,: and, Perhaps, Beyond
  • 10 Disease as Embodied Praxis: Epidemics, Public Health,: and Working-Class Resistance in Winnipeg, 1906-19
  • 11 Winnipeg's Moment: The Winnipeg Postal Strike of 1919
  • Part Four: Viewing the West from the Margins
  • 12 "Our Negro Citizens": An Example of Everyday: Citizenship Practices
  • 13 A Queer-Eye View of the Prairies:: Reorienting Western Canadian Histories
  • 14 Human Rights Law and Sexual Discrimination: in British Columbia, 1953-84
  • Part Five: Cultural Portrayals of the West
  • 15 W.L. Morton, Margaret Laurence,: and the Writing of Manitoba
  • 16 The Banff Photographic Exchange: Albums, Youth,: Skiing, and Memory Making in the 1920s
  • 17 Eric Harvie: Without and Within: Robert Kroetsch's Alibi
  • 18 "It's a Landmark in the Community":: The Conservation of Historic Places in Saskatchewan,: 1911-2009
  • Contributors
  • Index.