The West and Beyond explores the state of Western Canadian history, showcasing the research interests of a new generation of scholars while charting new directions for the future and stimulating further interrogation of our past. It also reflects a broad range of disciplinary and professional boundaries, offering new ways to understand the West.

The West and Beyond explores the state of Western Canadian history, showcasing the research interests of a new generation of scholars while charting new directions for the future and stimulating further interrogation of our past. This dynamic collection encourages dialogue among generations of historians of the West, and among practitioners of diverse approaches to the past. It also reflects a broad range of disciplinary and professional boundaries, offering new ways to understand the West.

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I. Frameworks for Western Canadian History
1. Critical History in Western Canada 1900-2000 / Gerald Friesen
2. Vernacular Currents in Western Canadian Historiography: The Passion and Prose of Katherine Hughes, F.G. Roe, and Roy Ito / Lyle Dick
3. Cree Intellectual Traditions in History / Winona Wheeler

Part II. The Aboriginal West
4.Visualizing Space, Race, and History in the North: Photographic Narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie River Basin / Matt Dyce and James Opp
5. The Kaleidoscope of Madness: Perceptions of Insanity in British Columbia Aboriginal Populations, 1872-1950 / Kathryn McKay
6. Space, Temporality, History: Encountering Hauntings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside / Amber Dean
7. The Expectations of a Queen: Identity and Race Politics in the Calgary Stampede / Susan L. Joudrey

Part III. The Workers' West
8. Capitalist Development, Forms of Labour, and Class Formation in Prairie Canada / Jeffery Taylor
9. Two Wests, One-and-a-Half Paradigms, and, Perhaps, Beyond / Elizabeth Jameson
10. Disease as Embodied Praxis: Epidemics, Public Health, and Working-Class Resistance in Winnipeg, 1906-19 / Esyllt W. Jones
11. Winnipeg's Moment: The Winnipeg Postal Strike of 1919 / John Willis

Part IV. Viewing the West from the Margins
12. "Our Negro Citizens": An Example of Everyday Citizenship Practices / Dan Cui and Jennifer R. Kelly
13. A Queer-Eye View of the Prairies: Reorienting Western Canadian Histories / Valerie j. Korinek
14. Human Rights Law and Sexual Discrimination in British Columbia, 1953-84 / Dominique Clément

Part V. Cultural Portrayals of the West
15. W.L. Morton, Margaret Laurence, and the Writing of Manitoba / Robert Wardhaugh
16. The Banff Photographic Exchange: Albums, Youth, Skiing, and Memory Making in the 1920s / Lauren Wheeler
17. Eric Harvie: Without and Within Robert Kroetsch’s Alibi / Robyn Read
18. "It's a Landmark in the Community": The Conservation of Historic Places in Saskatchewan, 1911-2009 / Bruce Dawson

Contributors / Index