Before and after the state : politics, poetics, and people(s) in the Pacific Northwest
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774836685 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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ix, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Setting the political stage in the Pacific Northwest -- Identities on the fringe -- Eastern games, western lives, 1793-1846 -- Superimposing the statist system -- On a mission: translocality and hegemonic transformation in nineteenth-century Oregon -- The impact of hegemonic change on blended communities -- Creating a script: hegemonic transformation, identity, and translocality -- Defining roles and constructing the cast -- Early improvisations: Ranald MacDonald -- Written out of the script: three generations of McKays -- Later revisions: (re)constructing the cast of us and Canadian pioneers -- Conclusion: epic scripts. |
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Topic Heading: | Indigenous. First Nations. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | F 854 .M26 2018 (Text) | 58500001111244 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
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."--