One Step Over the Line
Toward a History of Women in the North American Wests
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press and University of Alberta Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2008
- Subjects
- North America, Demography, Social History, Women's Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897425206
- Publish Date
- May 2008
- List Price
- $34.99
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Description
This unfamiliar territory is the borderlands of women’s histories traversing the American and Canadian Wests. Specialists in women’s history, settler societies, colonialism, storytelling, education, and native and borderlands studies introduced by Elizabeth Jameson and Sheila McManus pool their distinct contributions toward forging the very first comparative, transnational collection of its kind.
“We cannot build bridges across unmapped divides.”
Sixteen essays arising from the “Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History” conference at the University of Calgary comprise this foundational text. One Step Over the Line is not only the map; it is the bridgework to span the transnational, gendered divide—a must for readers who have been searching for a wide, inclusive perspective on our western past.
About the authors
Elizabeth Jameson holds the Imperial Oil-Lincoln McKay Chair in American Studies at the University of Calgary. She was Co-Chair of the "Unsettled Pasts" conference organizing committee. She co-edited The Women's West with Susan Armitage and has published extensively on the histories of western women and the Canada-United States borderlands.
Elizabeth Jameson's profile page
Sheila McManus is Associate Professor of History at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta. Her book, The Line Which Separates, was co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and The University of Alberta Press in 2005. Currently, she is writing a textbook on women in the U.S. West.
Editorial Reviews
"...do not approach this book with trepidation. It is not pedantic in the least. In fact, it's a gem.... All 16 [essays] are clear, well-written and appealing pieces in which the eternally rehashed and reheated Famous Five rate nary a mention. Instead, we meet little-known women whose stories, centred on the theme of border crossing, whether geographic or spiritual, are fascinating.... Never revisionist, always fresh and insightful, One Step Over the Line speaks as much to women's lives today as it does to those of the past."
Naomi Lakritz