Benjamin Hoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 685504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Hoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoy |
| SIGNATURE | HOY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3647-4801 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Less a Barrier Than a Surprise
Between 1860 and 1930, the Canada-United States border emerged as a crucial economic boundary. In creating the border, however, Canada and the United States prioritized revenue generation over coherence or uniformity. This priority created an unpredictable barrier for both businesses and individuals. Consuls often focused their attention on understanding the impacts of tariffs, trade volume, and smuggling on transnational commerce. The border’s p…
The Genesis, Approach, and Shortcomings of A Line of Blood and Dirt
The Genesis, Approach, and Shortcomings of A Line of Blood and Dirt. Un article de la revue Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada (Volume 33, numéro 2, 2023, p. 1-254) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Converging Empires
"Converging Empires: Citizens and Subjects in the North Pacific Borderlands, 1867–1945. Andrea Geiger." Canadian Historical Review, 104(1), pp. 134–135
Sheila McManus, Both Sides Now
"Sheila McManus, Both Sides Now: Writing the Edges of the North American West." Journal of History, 58(1), pp. 108–109
C. Harris, A Bounded Land
Line of Blood and Dirt
"This book examines the creation and enforcement of Canada-United States border from 1775 until 1939. Built with Indigenous labour and on top of Indigenous land, the border was born in conflict. Federal administrators used deprivation, starvation, and coercion to displace Indigenous communities and undermine their conceptions of territory and sovereignty. European, African American, Chinese, Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Lakota, Nimiipuu, Coast Sali…
Policing Morality
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Canada and the United States attempted to protect sexual morality at home by extending their power abroad. They used border surveillance to control the transnational movements of Euro-Canadians, Euro-Americans, Chinese immigrants, and Native Americans. At the same time, they developed creative ways to punish deviancy abroad by relying on an expansive understanding of the extradition process and by us…
Cardboard Indians
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, board game makers depicted the West as a dangerous place and portrayed Native Americans as both violent savages and children of nature. Early game companies marketed their games by playing up the excitement of the Wild West to appeal to children, while emphasizing the historic, educational, and patriotic aspects of their games to appeal to parents. In this context, games provided a means to simplif…
Dispensing Irregular Justice
In 1899, Levi Edwin Dudley, the American consul at Vancouver, complained about the ways that Canadian and American police officers enacted justice along their shared border. During one of Dudley's investigations into alleged abuses, he spoke with a Canadian officer about the ways that local agents on both sides of the border approached their jobs. The officer, speaking under conditions of anonymity, noted that “on the border here we must do thing…
Uncle Sam's Policemen
"Uncle Sam's Policemen: The Pursuit of Fugitives Across Borders by Katherine Unterman." Canadian Journal of History, 52(1), pp. 149–150
Uncertain Counts
Throughout the nineteenth century, Canada and the United States struggled to gain accurate demographic data on the First Nations and Métis communities they claimed to oversee. Enumerators grappled with linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, the ambiguity of racial categories, and the geographic mobility and isolation of many Native American communities. Understanding how, where, and why national census takers and Indian agents failed to o…
Uncertain Counts
Throughout the nineteenth century, Canada and the United States struggled to gain accurate demographic data on the First Nations and Métis communities they claimed to oversee. Enumerators grappled with linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, the ambiguity of racial categories, and the geographic mobility and isolation of many Native American communities. Understanding how, where, and why national census takers and Indian agents failed to o…
Dispensing Irregular Justice
In 1899, Levi Edwin Dudley, the American consul at Vancouver, complained about the ways that Canadian and American police officers enacted justice along their shared border. During one of Dudley's investigations into alleged abuses, he spoke with a Canadian officer about the ways that local agents on both sides of the border approached their jobs. The officer, speaking under conditions of anonymity, noted that “on the border here we must do thing…
Uncertain Counts
Throughout the nineteenth century, Canada and the United States struggled to gain accurate demographic data on the First Nations and Métis communities they claimed to oversee. Enumerators grappled with linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, the ambiguity of racial categories, and the geographic mobility and isolation of many Native American communities. Understanding how, where, and why national census takers and Indian agents failed to o…
Dispensing Irregular Justice
In 1899, Levi Edwin Dudley, the American consul at Vancouver, complained about the ways that Canadian and American police officers enacted justice along their shared border. During one of Dudley's investigations into alleged abuses, he spoke with a Canadian officer about the ways that local agents on both sides of the border approached their jobs. The officer, speaking under conditions of anonymity, noted that “on the border here we must do thing…
Uncle Sam's Policemen
"Uncle Sam's Policemen: The Pursuit of Fugitives Across Borders by Katherine Unterman." Canadian Journal of History, 52(1), pp. 149–150
Policing Morality
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Canada and the United States attempted to protect sexual morality at home by extending their power abroad. They used border surveillance to control the transnational movements of Euro-Canadians, Euro-Americans, Chinese immigrants, and Native Americans. At the same time, they developed creative ways to punish deviancy abroad by relying on an expansive understanding of the extradition process and by us…
Cardboard Indians
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, board game makers depicted the West as a dangerous place and portrayed Native Americans as both violent savages and children of nature. Early game companies marketed their games by playing up the excitement of the Wild West to appeal to children, while emphasizing the historic, educational, and patriotic aspects of their games to appeal to parents. In this context, games provided a means to simplif…
C. Harris, A Bounded Land
Line of Blood and Dirt
"This book examines the creation and enforcement of Canada-United States border from 1775 until 1939. Built with Indigenous labour and on top of Indigenous land, the border was born in conflict. Federal administrators used deprivation, starvation, and coercion to displace Indigenous communities and undermine their conceptions of territory and sovereignty. European, African American, Chinese, Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Lakota, Nimiipuu, Coast Sali…
The Genesis, Approach, and Shortcomings of A Line of Blood and Dirt
The Genesis, Approach, and Shortcomings of A Line of Blood and Dirt. Un article de la revue Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada (Volume 33, numéro 2, 2023, p. 1-254) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Converging Empires
"Converging Empires: Citizens and Subjects in the North Pacific Borderlands, 1867–1945. Andrea Geiger." Canadian Historical Review, 104(1), pp. 134–135
Sheila McManus, Both Sides Now
"Sheila McManus, Both Sides Now: Writing the Edges of the North American West." Journal of History, 58(1), pp. 108–109
Less a Barrier Than a Surprise
Between 1860 and 1930, the Canada-United States border emerged as a crucial economic boundary. In creating the border, however, Canada and the United States prioritized revenue generation over coherence or uniformity. This priority created an unpredictable barrier for both businesses and individuals. Consuls often focused their attention on understanding the impacts of tariffs, trade volume, and smuggling on transnational commerce. The border’s p…
Canadian Identity and History (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Genealogy (3 works)