Before and after the state : politics, poetics, and people(s) in the Pacific Northwest
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : McDougall Allan Kerr (1941-....) ; Boxberger Daniel L. (1950-) ; Valentine Lisa Philips ;
- Editeurs : Vancouver, BC Toronto (Ont.) UBCPress ;
- Date d'édition : Copyright 2018
- ISBN : 978-0-7748-3667-8
- Sujets : Identité collective -- Amérique du Nord -- Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord), Canada, Pacific Northwest, United States, Kanada, Pazifischer Raum, USA, Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-318 p.), : Ill., cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : Canada
Notes
Publié aussi en format électronique ; Notes bibliogr. p. 257-291. Index
Résumé
Une source inconnue indique : '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.'