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Author Geiger, Andrea A. E., author.

Title Converging empires : citizens and subjects in the north Pacific borderlands, 1867-1945 / Andrea Geiger
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Contents The shifting borderlands of the north Pacific coast -- Immigrant and Indigene -- Encounters with law & lawless encounters -- Borders at sea -- The Pacific borderlands in wartime
Summary "Making a vital contribution to our understanding of North American borderlands history through its examination of the northernmost stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, Andrea Geiger highlights the role that the north Pacific borderlands played in the construction of race and citizenship on both sides of the international border from 1867, when the United States acquired Russia's interests in Alaska, through the end of World War II"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-321) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024)
Subject Alaska Natives -- Legal status, laws, etc
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
Foreign workers, Japanese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canadian-American Border Region
HISTORY / North America
Boundaries
Diplomatic relations
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations
SUBJECT Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003152
Canadian-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century
Canadian-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century
Canadian-American Border Region -- Race relations
British Columbia -- History
United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
Japan -- Colonies -- Boundaries
Subject Alaska
British Columbia
Canada
North America -- Canadian-American Border Region
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469667850
1469667851
9781469667843
1469667843
9798890860491