Views from Fort Battleford: Constructed visions of an Anglo-Canadian West

by Walter Hildebrandt

The myth of the Mounties as neutral arbiters between Aboriginal peoples and incoming settlers remains a cornerstone of the western Canadian narrative of a peaceful frontier experience that differs dramatically from its American equivalent. Walter Hildebrandt eviscerates this myth, placing the NWMP and early settlement in an international framework of imperialist plunder and the imposition of colonialist ideology.

130 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2008