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A line of blood and dirt : creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous land / Benjamin Hoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoy, Benjamin, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Canadian-American Border Region--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Canadian-American Border Region--History.
- Indians, Treatment of--United States--History.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Indians, Treatment of--Canada--History.
- Boundaries--Social aspects--United States.
- Boundaries.
- Boundaries--Social aspects--Canada.
- United States--Boundaries--Canada.
- United States.
- Canada--Boundaries--United States.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'A Line of Blood and Dirt' examines the creation and enforcement of the border between Canada and the United States from 1775 until 1939.
- Contents:
- Building borders
- The Civil and Dakota War
- New countries, old problems
- Borders of stones, guns, and grass
- Where it all went wrong
- Borders of salt and rock
- Blood and bones
- The chaos of control
- Higher than sight can reach
- The borders of everyday life
- Epilogue
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 11, 2021).
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-752872-4
- 0-19-752871-6
- 0-19-752870-8
- OCLC:
- 1183400361
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