| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.1

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Paul M. Searls. Two Vermonts: Geography and Identity, 1865–1910. Hanover, N.H.: University of New Hampshire Press. 2006. Pp. 256. Cloth $65.00, paper $26.00.

In recent years, Vermont has been embroiled in arguments about its relationship to modern life. Should Wal-Mart be allowed to operate in the state? Are civil unions acceptable, or should Vermont be "taken back"? Can an entire state really be put on a list of endangered places, as it was by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in both 1993 and 2004? As Paul M. Searls demonstrates these sorts of controversies are nothing new. From the end of the Civil War onward, to be an acknowledged "Vermonter" has meant negotiating a carefully calibrated position between the forces of tradition and progress. The state's identity has stemmed fundamentally from its response to modernity.

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