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Title The West and beyond : new perspectives on an imagined region / [edited by] Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna
Published Edmonton, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource (500 pages) : ePub file
Series The West unbound : social and cultural studies, 1915-819X
West unbound.
Contents Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Frameworks for Western Canadian History; Part Two: The Aboriginal West; Part Three: The Workers' West; Part Four: Viewing the West from the Margins; Part Five: Cultural Portrayals of the West; Contributors; Index
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
Notes 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 Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Marginality, Social -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses.
Working class -- Canada, Western -- History -- Congresses.
SUBJECT Canada, Western http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019364 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Carter, Sarah, 1954- editor
Finkel, Alvin, 1949- editor
Fortna, Peter, editor
ISBN 1897425813
9781897425817