Record Nr.

UNINA9910461557303321

Autore

Fisher Bruce

Titolo

Borderland [[electronic resource] ] : essays from the US-Canadian divide / / Bruce Fisher

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4384-4225-4

1-4619-0454-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Excelsior editions

Disciplina

974.7/97

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Buffalo (N.Y.) History

Buffalo (N.Y.) Social life and customs

Buffalo (N.Y.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""BORDERLAND""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""OLD NOTIONS""; ""Democracy, equality, commonality""; ""The other shore""; ""The idea of the city""; ""Flags""; ""CHOOSING ICONS""; ""The Piarists, Slawinski, and Wright""; ""The slave Daniel""; ""GEOLOGY""; ""The stream""; ""PALEONTOLOGY""; ""The protector""; ""Obamaâ€?s election""; ""THE ALLURE OF WHATâ€?S ANCIENT""; ""Tree of life""; ""Hunting the enemy""; ""The ambiguities""; ""Hates""; ""Ties""; ""Embracing civilization, fighting savagery""; ""CONTESTS""; ""Sculls""; ""The sports""; ""THE NEXT SEASON""

""Being cold in Buffalo""""Christmas morning""; ""Christmas night""