ISBN:
0774836679
,
9780774836678
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 318 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
DDC:
306.209795
Keywords:
Boundaries Social aspects
;
Hegemony History
;
Borderlands History
;
National characteristics, American
;
National characteristics, Canadian
;
Borderlands
;
Hegemony
;
Manners and customs
;
National characteristics, Canadian
;
Social conditions
;
Canada
;
Northwest, Pacific
;
Pacific Northwest
;
United States
;
History
;
United States Boundaries
;
Canada Boundaries
;
Northwest, Pacific Social conditions
;
Northwest, Pacific Social life and customs
;
Northwest, Pacific History
;
Nordamerika Nordwest
;
USA
;
Kanada
;
Grenzgebiet
;
Politik
;
Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"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."--
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