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One West, two myths II : essays on comparison
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- ISBN: 1552382044 (pbk.)
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xiii, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2006.
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| General Note: | First published as a special issue of The American review of Canadian studies, based on 3 conferences held 2002-2003. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction: no Catlin with Kane; or, really understanding the "America" west -- 2. Turner versus Innis: two mythic wests -- 3. One west, one myth: transborder continuity in western art -- 4. A northern vision: frontiers and the west in the Canadian and American imagination -- 5. Transnational perspectives on the history of great plains women: gender, race, nations, and the forty-ninth parallel -- 6. Myths and realities in American-Canadian studies: challenges to comparing native peoples' experiences -- 7. Prairies and plains: the levelling of difference in Stegner's 'Wolf Willow' -- 8. Whose west is it anyway? or, what's myth got to do with it? The role of "America" in the creation of the myth of the west -- 9. Leading the parade -- Appendices: The significance of teh frontier in American history ; Frontierism, metropolitanism, and Canadian history. |
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| Subject: | Canada, Western -- History West (U.S.) -- History |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Lansdowne Library | FC 3206 O53 2006 (Text) | 26040003025364 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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