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Converging empires : citizens and subjects in the north Pacific borderlands, 1867-1945
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"Making a vital contribution to our understanding of North American borderlands history through its examination of the northernmost stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, Andrea Geiger highlights the...
"Making a vital contribution to our understanding of North American borderlands history through its examination of the northernmost stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, Andrea Geiger highlights the role that the north Pacific borderlands played in the construction of race and citizenship on both sides of the international border from 1867, when the United States acquired Russia's interests in Alaska, through the end of World War II"--
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- Creator
- Andrea Geiger
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781469659275, 9798890860491, 9781469641140, 9781469667850, 1469667851, 1469641143, 1469659271, 9781469667843
- OCLC
- on1304242558, on1266895731
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The shifting borderlands of the north Pacific coast -- Immigrant and Indigene -- Encounters with law & lawless encounters -- Borders at sea -- The Pacific borderlands in wartime
Subjects
- Alaska Natives -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
- Foreign workers, Japanese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canadian-American Border Region.
- Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
- Canadian-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
- Canadian-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
- Canadian-American Border Region -- Race relations.
- British Columbia -- History.
- United States -- Foreign relations.
- Japan -- Colonies -- Boundaries.