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Copyright © The University of Alberta Press 2008 Copyright © for individual works retained by their authors Printed and bound in Canada by Houghton Boston Printers, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. First edition, first printing, 2008 All rights reserved Index by Adrian Mather. A volume in The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies series, edited by Alvin Finkel and Sarah Carter.
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One step over the line: toward a history of women in the North American Wests / edited by Elizabeth Jameson and Sheila McManus.
Includes bibliographical references and index. (West unbound: social and cultural studies) Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Women—West (U. S.)—History. 2. Women—Canada, Western—History. 3. Canada—Boundaries—United States. 4. United States—Boundaries—Canada. I. Jameson, Elizabeth II. McManus, Sheila, 1969-
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