What do we learn about the American West in discussing the Canadian West?

Q1: While the focus of this course is the American West, considering the nature of Turner’s argument for the role of the West in the development of American identity, and our focus on the rise of New Western history, a comparison between the Turner and Innis provides an opportunity for placing the development of the American West in a larger context. Using Francis’s “Turner versus Innis: Bridging the Gap” and Kaye’s “An Innis, not a Turner,” how has the interpretation of the American West and Canadian West changed? What do we learn about the American West in discussing the Canadian West?
Q2: In your narrative of U.S. history, from the arrival of humans in the Americas to the present, what is the significance of the frontier? Focusing it down, what was the role of the West in the development of the United States in the 19th to 21st century?
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