The West and beyond : new perspectives on an imagined region

Carter, Sarah, 1954- (Added Author). Finkel, Alvin, 1949- (Added Author). Fortna, Peter, 1979- (Added Author).

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."--pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9781897425800 :
Physical Description: print
xxv, 435 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Edmonton : AU Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	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.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part One: Frameworks for Western Canadian History -- 1 Critical History in Western Canada 1900-2000 / Gerald Friesen -- 2 Vernacular Currents in Western Canadian. Historiography: The Passion and Prose of Katherine Hughes, F.G. Roe, and Roy Ito / Lyle Dick -- 3 Cree Intellectual Traditions in History / Winona Wheeler -- Part Two: The Aboriginal West -- 4 Visualizing Space, Race, and History in the North: Photographic Narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie River Basin / Matt Dyce and James Opp -- 5 The Kaleidoscope of Madness: Perceptions of Insanity in British Columbia Aboriginal Populations, 1872-1950 / Kathryn Mckay -- 6 Space, Temporality, History: Encountering Hauntings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside / Amber Dean -- 7 The Expectations of a Queen: Identity and Race Politics in the Calgary Stampede / Susan L. Joudrey -- Part Three: The Workers' West -- 8 Capitalist Development, Forms of Labour, and Class Formation in Prairie Canada / Jeffery Taylor -- 9 Two Wests, One-and-a-Half Paradigms, and, Perhaps, Beyond / Elizabeth Jameson -- 10 Disease as Embodied Praxis: Epidemics, Public Health, and Working-Class Resistance in Winnipeg, 1906-19 / Esyllt W. Jones -- 11 Winnipeg's Moment: The Winnipeg Postal Strike of 1919 / John Willis -- Part Four: Viewing the West from the Margins -- 12 "Our Negro Citizens": An Example of Everyday Citizenship Practices / Dan Cui and Jennifer R. Kelly -- 13 A Queer-Eye View of the Prairies: Reorienting Western Canadian Histories / Valerie J. Korinek -- 14 Human Rights Law and Sexual Discrimination in British Columbia, 1953-84 / Dominique Clãment -- Part Five: Cultural Portrayals of the West -- 15 W.L. Morton, Margaret Laurence, and the Writing of Manitoba / Robert Wardhaugh -- 16 The Banff Photographic Exchange: Albums, Youth, Skiing, and Memory Making in the 1920's / Lauren Wheeler -- 17 Eric Harvie: Without and Within Robert Kroetsch's Alibi / Robyn Read -- 18 "It's a Landmark in the Community": The Conservation of Historic Places in Saskatchewan, 1911-2009 / Bruce Dawson