Description
Book SynopsisA collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West
Trade Review"Few scholars have undertaken to explore this unique regional relationship—hence the importance of this work..Parallel Destinies is an important and accessible contribution to the literature of the Canadian-American relationship in the Pacific Northwest. It should be widely read."
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Table of ContentsPreface: 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
