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An Innis, not a Turner.(analyzing the history of the Canadian and U.S. Wests)
American Review of Canadian Studies, December, 2001 by Kaye, Frances W.
Comparative Historiography of the Canadian and U.S. Wests
The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.
Frederick Jackson Turner
The Northwest Company was the forerunner of Confederation and it was built on the work of the French voyageur, the contributions of the Indians, especially the canoe, Indian corn, and pemmican, and the organizing ability of Anglo-American merchants. (262)
Harold A. Innis
During the last decade and a half, the New Western Historians and a ...
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