Parallel Destinies - Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies

A collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West.

List of contents

Preface: Scholars and the Forty-ninth Parallel

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

Border Crossings: Pattern and Processes along the Canaa-United States Boundary West of the Rockies

PART ONE: THE PERMEABLE BORDER

No Parallel: American Miner-Soldiers at War with the Nlaka'pamux of the Canadian West

Work, Sex, and Death on the Greath Thoroughfare: Annual Migrations of "Canadian Indians" to the American Pacific Northwest

Borders and Identities among Italian Immigrants in the Pacific Northwest, 1880-1938

Nationalist Narratives and regional Realities: The Political Economy of Railway Development in Southeastern British Columbia, 1895-1905

PART TWO: NEGOTIATING THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY

The Historical Roots of the Canadian-American Salmon Wars

Who Will Defend British Columbia?: Unity of Command on the West Coast, 1934-42

That Long Western Border: Canada, the United States, and a Century of Economic Change

PART THREE: NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS

Borders of the Past: The Oregon Boundary Dispute and the Beginnings of Northwest Historiography

Wild, Tame, and Free: Comparing Canadian and U.S. Views of Nature

Sleeping with the Elephant: Reflections of an American-Canadian on Americanization and Anti-Americanism in Canada

Contributors

Index

About the author

John M. Findlay is Professor of History at the University of Washington. Ken S. Coates is Professor of History and Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan. Other contributors are Carl Abbott, Michael Fellman, John Lutz, Daniel P. Marshall, Jeremy Mouat, Galen Roger Perras, Chad Reimer, Joseph E. Taylor III, Patricia K. Wood, and Donald Worster.

Summary

A collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth S Coates, Kenneth S. Coates, John Findlay, John M Findlay, John M. Findlay
• Assisted by: Kenneth Coates (Editor), John Findlay (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780295982533
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98253-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 8 maps, index
• Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book We; Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography; Parallel Destinies; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and BiographyEmil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and BiographyEmil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biograph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous