Before and after the state : politics, poetics, and people(s) in the Pacific Northwest / Allan K. McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel L. Boxberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Allan Kerr, 1941- author.

Boxberger, Daniel L., 1950- author.

Valentine, Lisa Philips, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries--Social aspects--Northwest, Pacific.

Boundaries.

Borderlands.

History.

Hegemony.

Boundaries--Social aspects.

Northwest, Pacific--History.

Northwest, Pacific.

Northwest, Pacific--Social conditions.

Northwest, Pacific--Social life and customs.

Hegemony--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Borderlands--Northwest, Pacific--History.

National characteristics, American.

National characteristics, Canadian.

United States--Boundaries--Canada.

United States.

Canada.

Canada--Boundaries--United States.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

Pacific Northwest.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The creation of the Canada-US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations and two ideologies, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining the imposition of a border across a region that already held a vibrant, highly complex society and dynamic trading networks. It details the evolution of local, trading, and immigrant populations as they moved into the Pacific Northwest and imposed control over public power. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger use case studies to document the malleable character of identity - the discrepancy between individual lives and externally imposed assessments of those lives - and review the strength of national narratives north and south of the border. The authors explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose the devices and myths of nation building. In revealing the mechanics of this transformation, they demonstrate how the creation of nation states and borders affected the people who lived in the region before and through the transition - with repercussions that still reverberate."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

McDougall, Allan Kerr, 1941-, author. Before and after the state.

ISBN:

9780774836678

0774836679

OCLC:

1028214736