[This is the fourth essay of the Borealia series Cartography and Empire–on the many ways maps were employed in the contested imperial spaces of early modern North America.] Claire Campbell Borders have been in the news these past few years – and not only the border of proposed walls and real migrant detention centres. As Canadian towns… Continue Reading
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Keith Grant Next week at Borealia we begin our fourth year of blogging about the vibrant scholarship being done on the histories of northern North America. We remain enthusiastic about our goal of hosting engaging conversations for both academic and public readerships. Regular readers will no doubt have noticed that things have been a bit more… Continue Reading
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Borealia will be serving up a great selection of early Canadian history starting this summer! On the menu are posts about: the future of Loyalist studies primary sources republicanism and responsible government print culture in British North America unrest and violence the place of Quebec in narratives about the American Revolution transnational friendships breaking the… Continue Reading
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Borealia (bor-ee-al-ya) is a new academic group blog on early Canadian history, featuring writing by regular, occasional, and guest contributors. It can be found at http://earlycanadianhistory.ca. We begin with the basic assumption that the field of early Canadian history is vibrant and varied. It may be a bit of a stretch to claim that, “We… Continue Reading
