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Both Sides Now - Writing the Edges of the North American West (Hardcover)
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Both Sides Now - Writing the Edges of the North American West (Hardcover)
Series: Connecting the Greater West Series
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How do borderlands work? How do they maintain their distinctive
features in the face of concerted efforts on the part of
nation-states to make each of their borderlines into a harsh
demarcation? According to most contemporary political discourse and
popular perceptions, the two borders of the United States West have
little in common but understanding their borderlands' similarities
can help us understand some of the most powerful forces shaping
human history and the world around us; understanding their
historiographies gives us insight into borderlands historians'
unique methodology.Both Sides Now: Writing the Edges of the North
American West brings together leading scholarship in a focused,
synthetic survey of five themes in the history of the northern and
southern borderlands: the borderlands as aboriginal homelands and
the persistence of Indigenous territories and ways of being;
imperial and national efforts to create binary notions of territory
and identity; regulatory efforts aimed at stopping or limiting the
movement of certain people across their borders; the weakening of
those efforts by cross-border movement of capital, goods, and
people, usually aided by state power, and the complex,
binary-refusing identities that persist in borderlands communities.
Historian Sheila McManus uses these themes to highlight the
commonalities between the two borderlands' histories and provides
an overview and a starting point for experts and newcomers in the
field of North American borderlands history to address new
questions. By conceptualizing both borders together and focusing
particular attention on race and gender as well as empire and
nation, Both Sides Now provides a unique methodology in North
American scholarship that emphasizes the connections between these
borderlands and others around the world.
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