Race, Space, and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society.(Book Review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Scully, Pamela | Copyright information

Race, Space, and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society, edited by Sherene H. Razack. London, Between the Lines, 2002. ix, 310 pp. $24.95 US (paper).

How have the mythologies of a benevolent settler presence in Canada been perpetuated through geographical place, architecture, and ongoing historical narratives? These are some of the questions that this book seeks to answer. The book is framed by the (inter)disciplinary concerns of spatial geography and critical race a...

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