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Frenemy nations : love and hate between neighbo(u)ring states / Mary Soderstrom.

by Soderstrom, Mary, 1942-

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University of Regina Press, 2019.

International relations.

9780889776722 (pbk)

9780889776876 (hc)

270 p. : ill., maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

That trip to Montreal -- The two Vietnams -- Algeria and Tunisia -- Kerala and Tamil Nadu -- Brazil and the rest of South America -- Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- Burundi and Rwanda -- Scotland and Ireland -- Vermont and New Hampshire -- Alberta and Saskatchewan -- Canada and the United States of America -- Postscript: twins: the last words.

"In the summer of 1968, Mary Soderstrom and her husband loaded up their VW Beetle and immigrated to Canada from the United States. The contrast between their new home and their old led to a long-running reflection on what makes the two countries different. How could two places that are similar in so many ways be so disparate in others? In Frenemy Nations, Soderstrom answers this question by addressing a range of geographical 'odd couples' including the United States and Canada; New Hampshire and Vermont; Alberta and Saskatchewan; Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Scotland and Ireland; Rwanda and Burundi; and more. Through it all, Soderstrom shows how tiny differences -- in geographic features, colonial histories, resource competition, education, women's roles, language, and migration--can have outsized effects on how polities develop."--Publisher.

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