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| Title: | One West, Two Myths II
: Essays on Comparison |
| Author: | Carol Higham & Robert Thacker (eds) |
| ISBN: | 1552382044 : 9781552382042 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos & maps |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 232 |
| Weight: | .338 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Calgary Press - December 2006 |
| List Price: | 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Local history: Canada |
Cross-border issues between Canada & the U.S. have increasingly become a hot-button political topic as well as a burgeoning area of study. A companion volume to "One West, Two Myths", this collection presents scholarly views on the comparison of the Canadian & American Wests & the various methodologies involved. Contributors include literature specialists, scholars of popular culture, art historians, & political, social, & intellectual historians, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of this area of study.
Introduction: No Catlin without Kane. or Really Understanding the "American" West. Turner versus Innis: Two Mythic Wests. One West, One Myth: Transborder Continuity in Western Art. A Northern Vision: Frontiers & the West in the Canadian & American Imagination. Transnational Perspectives on the History of Great Plains Women: Gender, Race, Nations & the Forty-ninth Parallel. Myths & Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing Native Peoples' Experiences. Prairies & Plains: The Levelling of Difference in Stegner's Wolf Willow. 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. Leading the Parade. Index.
