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Atthedawnofthelastcenturyashiftindirectionemergedamongeducationpolicy-makersinSaskatchewan.Priorto1905theterritoriesthatwouldbecomeSaskatchewanandAlbertamaintainedaschoolsystemlargelymod-elledafterOntariosBritish-inspiredsystem.Between1905and1937how-everthesharedgeographyandcultureofthecontinentalplainsthatspantheborderbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanadabecametheprimaryinuenceoneducationintheCanadianprairies.InBorderCrossingsKerryAlcornexaminesSaskatchewansembraceofthecultureoffarmerrevoltandpopulistandprogressivedemocraticthoughtthatoriginatedsouthoftheborder.HearguesthatasaconsequenceSask-atchewaneducationdevelopedinresistancetoeasternCanadianformswitheducationpolicymakerssomebroughtinfromtheUnitedStatescon-sciouslylookingtotheirsouthernneighboursfordirectionindevelopingeducationalmodels.AlcornsdetailedportraitofUniversityofSaskatchewanpresidentWalterC.MurrayandhisWisconsinIdeafurtherhighlighttheinuenceofthenorth-southaxis.AchallengetostandardhistoriesofCanadianeducationBorderCross-ingsencapsulatesthedevelopmentofthemeaningpracticeandlanguageofSaskatchewaneducationintheearlytwentiethcentury.KerryAlcornisanindependentscholarwhohasworkedfortheSaskatoonPublicSchoolDivisionforovertwenty-veyears.Methodistsinnineteenth-centuryOntarioandQuebeclikeallBritishsub-jectsexistedassatellitesofaninuentialempire.TransatlanticMethodistsuncovershowtheMethodistministryandlaityinthesecolonieswhethertheywereBritishAmericanornative-borncametodenethemselvesastransplantedBritonsandWesleyansinresponsetotheirchangingoftencontentiousrelationshipwiththeWesleyanMethodistChurchinBritain.RevisingthenationalistframeworkthathasdominatedmuchofthescholarshiponMethodismincentralCanadaToddWebbarguesthatatransatlanticperspectiveisnecessarytounderstandtheprocessofculturalformationamongnineteenth-centuryMethodists.HeshowsthattheWes-leyanMethodistsinBritainplayedakeyroleindeterminingtheidentitiesoftheircolonialcounterpartsthroughdisputesoverthemeaningofpoliticalloyaltyhowMethodismshouldbegovernedwhoshouldcontrolchurchnancesandthenatureandvalueofreligiousrevivalism.AtthesametimeMethodistsinOntarioandQuebecthreatenedtodisrupttheWesleyanMethodistChurchinBritainandhelpedtotriggerthelargestdivisioninitshistory.MethodistsonbothsidesoftheAtlanticshapedandwereshapedbythelargerBritishworldinwhichtheylived.DrawingoninsightsfromnewresearchinBritishAtlanticandimperialhistoryTransatlanticMethodistsisacomprehensivestudyofhowthenineteenth-centuryBritishworldoperatedandofMethodismsplacewithinit.ToddWebbisassistantprofessorofhistoryatLaurentianUniversity.35MQUPFALL2013EDUCATIONCANADIANHISTORYCANADIANHISTORYRELIGIOUSHISTORYSPECIFICATIONSNovember2013978-0-7735-4288-432.95ACDN32.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4287-7100.00SCDN100.00SUS77.00cloth6x9232ppElectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensStudiesintheHistoryofReligionDecember2013978-0-7735-4204-485.00SCDN85.00SUS66.00cloth6x9248ppElectroniceditionavailableBorderCrossingsUSCultureandEducationinSaskatchewan19051937kerryalcornAprovocativesynthesisthatchallengesprevioushistoriesofSaskatchewansearlydevelopmentandevolvingeducationsystem.TransatlanticMethodistsBritishWesleyanismandtheFormationofanEvangelicalCultureinNineteenth-CenturyOntarioandQuebectoddwebbHowMethodisminnineteenth-centurycentralCanadabecameBritish.