Before and After the State: Politics, Poetics, and People(s) in the Pacific Northwest - Hardcover

McDougall, Allan K.

9780774836678: Before and After the State: Politics, Poetics, and People(s) in the Pacific Northwest

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774836679 ISBN 13: 9780774836678

Publisher: UBC Press, 2018

The creation of the Canada–US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State examines the imposition of a border across a region that already held a vibrant, highly complex society and dynamic trading networks. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose how the devices and myths of nation building affect people's lives.

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Book Description:

Documenting the profound impact of state formation on individuals and communities in the Pacific Northwest of the nineteenth century, Before and After the State reveals how national narratives and constructed identities were used in the service of nation building.

About the Author:

Allan K. McDougall is professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Lisa Philips is professor emerita at the University of Alberta. Daniel L. Boxberger is professor of anthropology at Western Washington University.

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