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Article: William M. Baker, ed., The Mounted Police and Prairie Society, 1873-1919.(Book Review)
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- September 22, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Manitoba Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 1998, ISBN 88977-103-0, paper, $29.95
The Royal North West Mounted Police is a staple of English-Canadian popular culture and Prairie historiography alike. William M. Baker's edited collection, The Mounted Police and Prairie Society, 1873-1919 draws together an impressive number of articles documenting different components of the Mounted Police's experience on the prairies in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The result is an uneven collection but a powerful testament to the Mounted Police's ability to serve as a vehicle for Western Canadian social history.
This is a large collection, and the ...