The Fence and the Bridge: Geopolitics and Identity Along the Canada-Us Border - Paperback

by Heather N. Nicol (Author)

This book suggests that the Canada-US border relationship has been both highly reflexive and hegemonic over time, and that such realities are embodied in the metaphorical images and texts that describe the Canada-US border over its history.

Author Biography

Heather N. Nicol is a political geographer whose work explores the structure and operation of the Canada-US border, with special emphasis on the impacts of security and sovereignty. Among her publications are Beyond Walls: Reinventing the Canada-US Borderlands and Holding the Line: Border in a Global World. She is also interested in the circumpolar North as a geopolitical space, and the relationship between the interests of nation-states and indigenous peoples in the North.