Comps Notes: Careless’ “Frontierism, Metropolitanism, and Canadian History”

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “Frontierism, Metropolitanism, and Canadian History” J.M. Careless Published one year before Earl Pomeroy’s “Toward …

Comps Notes: Francis’ Images of the West

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Images of the West: Responses to the Canadian Prairies R. Douglas Francis R. …

Comps Notes: Stanley’s The Birth of Western Canada

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions George F.G. …

Comps Notes: Gibson’s Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods James R. Gibson  James R. Gibson, Otter …

Comps Notes: Vanderhaeghe’s The Englishman’s Boy

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman’s Boy (Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1996). …

Comps Notes: Owram’s Promise of Eden

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, …

Comps Notes: Sage’s “Some Aspects of the Frontier in Canadian History”

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “Some Aspects of the Frontier in Canadian History” Walter N. Sage Walter N. Sage, “Some …

Comps Notes: Owram’s Promise of Eden

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here.  Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, …