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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.

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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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