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Blackfoot country was a key site of Canadian and American efforts to shape their nations and national identities. This book explores the uneven way in which the borderlands were superimposed on Blackfoot country in order to divide a previously cohesive region in the late nineteenth century.

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"McManus adds considerably to a growing literature emphasizing the complexity of creating national boundaries. The book is insightful and the research impressive."-Journal of the West -- Ted McCoy Journal of the West "The Line Which Separates is a fine history of an understudied area and a reminder in tumultuous times of the difficult physical and imaginative work that goes into nation building."-Mary Murphy, Western Historical Quarterly Western Historical Quarterly

The Line Which Separates

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    A Paperback / softback by Sheila McManus

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 June 2005
      ISBN-13 9780803283084
      978-0803283084
      ISBN-10 0803283083

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Blackfoot country was a key site of Canadian and American efforts to shape their nations and national identities. This book explores the uneven way in which the borderlands were superimposed on Blackfoot country in order to divide a previously cohesive region in the late nineteenth century.

      Trade Review
      "McManus adds considerably to a growing literature emphasizing the complexity of creating national boundaries. The book is insightful and the research impressive."-Journal of the West -- Ted McCoy Journal of the West "The Line Which Separates is a fine history of an understudied area and a reminder in tumultuous times of the difficult physical and imaginative work that goes into nation building."-Mary Murphy, Western Historical Quarterly Western Historical Quarterly

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