Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Edmonton : Athabasca University, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Carter, Sarah, 1954-
• Finkel, Alvin, 1949-
• Fortna, Peter

Description

xxv, 435 p. : ill., map, ports.; 25 cm.

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." ""The West and Beyond differs from most of its predecessors. Within the collection's diverse range of topics, the volume has a coherence, momentum, and integrity that set it apart. Among the several collections of papers published over the past few years, this book covers new, ground and introduces new voices." Simon Evans, University of Calgary"--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The West unbound: social and cultural studies

Subject

• Native peoples > Canada, Western > History > Congresses
• Working class > Canada, Western > History > Congresses
• Marginality, Social > Canada, Western > History > Congresses
• Autochtones > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > Congrès
• Travailleurs > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > Congrès
• Marginalité > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > Congrès
• Canada, Western > History > Congresses
• Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > Congrès

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• History

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 (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 [Indians, Native peoples, First Nations] -- 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 [Black, African Canadians] / Dan Cui and Jennifer R. Kelly -- 13. A Queer-Eye View of the Prairies: Reorienting Western Canadian Histories [Gay -- Lesbian Canadians] / Valerie J. Korinek -- 14. Human Rights Law and Sexual Discrimination in British Columbia, 1953-84 / Dominique Clement -- 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 [Kroetsch] / Robyn Read -- 18. "It's a Landmark in the Community": The Conservation of Historic Places in Saskatchewan, 1911-2009 / Bruce Dawson.

ISBN

9781897425800 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010497059

OCLC

• 666513234
• SCSB-11783814

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library