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622 The Canadian Historical Review The Evolving Meanings ofRegion in Canada GERALD FRIESEN This article considers the idea ofregion as it has been applied to northern North America. It notes the relevance ofenvironmental and political factors in shaping the discussion of regions in the first half of the twentieth century. It also considers social science and literary discussions ofthe concept, particularly in the second half ofthe century. In passing, it comments on the associated issues of space and nation that are very much in question in recent scholarly work. Finally, it insists on the power ofphysical place and the significance ofhistorical forces, sometimes of very long duration, that ensure region arises when Canadians turn to consider national politics and public identities. Cet article se penche sur le concept de region tel qu'il a ete applique al'Amerique du Nord septentrionale. 11 souligne la pertinence des facteurs politiques et environnementaux dans la discussion portant sur les regions au cours de la premiere moitie du xx" siecle. 11 examine egalement les debats qui ont entoure ce concept, du point de vue des sciences sociales et de la litterature, en particulier dans la deuxieme moitie du siecle. En passant, il offre un commentaire sur les enjeux connexes d'espace et de nation qui alimentent le debat dans les recents travaux d'erudition. 11 insiste enfin sur la puissance du lieu physique et I'importance des forces historiques, parfois de tres longue duree, qui font que le concept de region est present quand les Canadiens se penchent sur les questions de politique nationale et d'identites publiques. CONTRIBUTORS GERALD FRIESEN is a member of the History Department at the University of Manitoba and the author of Citizens and Nation: An Essay on History, Communication and Canada (2000). CECILIA MORGAN teaches in the History of Education Program, Department of Theory and Policy Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University ofToronto. She is the author of Public Men and Virtuous Women: The Gendered Languages of Religion and Politics in Upper Canada, 1791-1850, and, with Colin Coates, is the co-author of the forthcoming Heroines and History: Madeleine de Vercheres and Laura Secord. Abstracts/ Resumes 623 JAN NOEL is a member ofthe History Department at the University ofToronto at Mississauga. She wrote the Canadian Historical Association booklet Women in New France (1998) and the 1996 Macdonald Prize-winning Canada Dry: Temperance Crusades before Confederation. A forthcoming book will compare colonial women in French, Dutch, and Iroquois cultures. CATHARINE ANNE WILSON is a member ofthe History Department at the University ofGuelph. Author ofA New Lease on Life: Landlords, Tenants, and Immigrants in Ireland and Canada and several articles on rural life, she is now completing a book on farm tenancy in nineteenth-century Ontario. ...

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