The Medicine Line
Life and Death on a North American Borderland
Seiten
2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-92765-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-92765-9 (ISBN)
Along the border between Canada and Montana lies 100 miles of some of the most desolate terrain in America, the point where three nations were fated to come together in a contest for land, wealth, and ultimately survival. This evocative portrait recreates their experience on the harsh frontier.
The Medicine Line: Life and Death on the North AmericanBorderland, is a complex and oftentimes dramatic mix of narrative storytelling and history in which ironies are explored, patterns of deed and response are uncovered, examined and evaluated...Beth Ladow is a compelling stylist who writes with warmth and insight, and she has given us a smart book, which will help us understand one another, and a good read. We need more books like this one. -- William Kittredge, Author of THE NATURE OF GENOROSITY(knopf,2000)
The Medicine Line: Life and Death on the North AmericanBorderland, is a complex and oftentimes dramatic mix of narrative storytelling and history in which ironies are explored, patterns of deed and response are uncovered, examined and evaluated...Beth Ladow is a compelling stylist who writes with warmth and insight, and she has given us a smart book, which will help us understand one another, and a good read. We need more books like this one. -- William Kittredge, Author of THE NATURE OF GENOROSITY(knopf,2000)
Beth Ladow earned her M.A. in History at Harvard University and her Ph.D. at Brandeis and is now and independent scholar and writer. She is a commentator for National Public Radio in Boston and lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Preface: The Invisible Border Prologue: Through the Looking Glass 1. Drawing the Line 2. The Melting Pot of Hell 3. When the Line Had Medicine 4.The Mountie, the Maiden, and the General 5. If You Build It, Will They Come? 6. Which Side Are You On? 7. A living or a Way of Life? 8.What Are We Fighting For? 9. The Cosmopolitan Throng 10. Nature's Incivilities 11.We Can Play Baseball on the Other Side Epilogue: Wallace Stegner and the North American West Appendix Acknowledgements Notes and Sources Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.3.2002 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 35 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-92765-X / 041592765X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-92765-9 / 9780415927659 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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