Title The West and beyond : new perspectives on an imagined region / [edited by] Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna

Published Edmonton : Athabasca University, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 435 pages) : illustrations, map Series The West unbound: social and cultural studies West unbound. Contents Part One. Frameworks for Western Canadian History. Critical History in Western Canada 1900-2000 / Gerald Friesen -- Vernacular Currents in Western Canadian Historiography: The Passion and Prose of Katherine Hughes, F.G. Roe, and Roy Ito / Lyle Dick -- Cree Intellectual Traditions in History / Winona Wheeler -- Part Two. The Aboriginal West. Visualizing Space, Race, and History in the North: Photographic Narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie River Basin / Matt Dyce and James Opp -- The Kaleidoscope of Madness: Perceptions of Insanity in British Columbia Aboriginal Populations, 1872-1950 / Kathryn McKay -- Space, Temporality, History: Encountering Hauntings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside / Amber Dean -- The Expectations of a Queen: Identity and Race Politics in the Calgary Stampede / Susan L. Joudrey -- Part Three. The Worker's West. Capitalist Development, Forms of Labour, and Class Formation in Prairie Canada / Jeffery Taylor -- Two Wests, One-and-a-Half Paradigms, and, Perhaps, Beyond / Elizabeth Jameson -- Disease as Embodied Praxis: Epidemics, Public Health, and Working-Class Resistance in Winnipeg, 1906-19 / Esyllt W. Jones -- Winnipeg's Moment: The Winnipeg Postal Strike of 1919 / John Willis -- Part Four. Viewing the West from the Margins. "Our Negro Citizens": An Example of Everyday Citizenship Practices / Dan Cui and Jennifer R. Kelly -- A Queer-Eye View of the Prairies: Reorienting Western Canadian Histories / Valerie j. Korinek -- Human Rights Law and Sexual Discrimination in British Columbia, 1953-84 / Dominique Clément -- Part Five. Cultural Portrayals of the West. W.L. Morton, Margaret Laurence, and the Writing of Manitoba / Robert Wardhaugh -- The Banff Photographic Exchange: Albums, Youth, Skiing, and Memory Making in the 1920s / Lauren Wheeler -- Eric Harvie: Without and Within Robert Kroetsch's Alibi / Robyn Read -- "It's a Landmark in the Community": The Conservation of Historic Places in Saskatchewan, 1911-2009 / Bruce Dawson Summary 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 historians of the West, and among practitioners of diverse approaches to the past. It also reflects a broad range of disciplinary and professional boundaries, offering new ways to understand the West Analysis Canadian history First Nations History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses Working class -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses Marginality, Social -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses HISTORY -- General. Native peoples -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses. Indigenous peoples Marginality, Social Working class Autochtones -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- Congrès. Travailleurs -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- Congrès. Marginalité -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- Congrès. SUBJECT Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses Subject Western Canada Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- Congrès. Genre/Form Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Finkel, Alvin, 1949- Carter, Sarah, 1954- Fortna, Peter. ISBN 9781897425817 1897425813 1282852035 9781282852037

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