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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.
Contributor Notes
Elizabeth Jameson held the Imperial Oil-Lincoln McKay Chair in American Studies at the University of Calgary and the author of All that Glitters: Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek (1999). Sheila McManus is associate professor of history at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 14
- Grade:
- 9
Editorial Review
"...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
