The West and beyond : new perspectives on an imagined region / Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkel, Alvin, 1949- author.

Carter, Sarah, 1954- author.

Fortna, Peter, author.

Series:

West unbound.

The West Unbound : Social and Cultural Studies, 1915-819X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Working class.

Marginality, Social--Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Marginality, Social.

Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Canada, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages): illustrations

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2010

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19-21 June, 2008.

a Issued as part of the Canadian electronic library publishers collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612852039

9781282852037

1282852035

9781897425817

1897425813

OCLC:

671389307