Before and after the state : politics, poetics, and people(s) in the Pacific Northwest

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Before and after the state : politics, poetics, and people(s) in the Pacific Northwest / Allan K. McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel L. Boxberger.

McDougall, Allan Kerr, 1941- (author.). Boxberger, Daniel L., 1950- (author.). Valentine, Lisa Philips, 1954- (author.).

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774836678
ISBN: 0774836679
ISBN: 9780774836685
ISBN: 0774836687
Physical Description: ix, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Part 1: Superimposing a statist structure: setting the stage. Setting the political stage in the Pacific Northwest / Allan K. McDougall ; Identities on the fringe / Daniel L. Boxberger ; Eastern games, western lives, 1793-1846 / Allan K. McDougall ; Superimposing the statist system / Allan K. McDougall ; On a mission: translocality and hegemonic transformation in nineteenth-century Oregon / Allan K. McDougall ; The impact of hegemonic change on blended communities / Daniel L. Boxberger -- Part 2: Hegemonic transformation: roles, players, and improvisations. Creating a script: hegemonic transformation, identity, and translocality / Allan K. McDougall ; Defining roles and constructing the cast / Lisa Philips ; Early improvisations: Ranald MacDonald / Lisa Philips ; Written out of the script: three generations of McKays / Lisa Philips ; Later revisions: (re)constructing the cast of US and Canadian pioneers / Lisa Philips ; Conclusion: Epic scripts / Lisa Philips and Allan K. McDougall.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Issued also in electronic formats.