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The resettlement of British Columbia : essays on colonialism and geographical change / Cole Harris ; with cartography by Eric Leinberger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Cole, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Human geography--British Columbia.
- Human geography.
- British Columbia--History.
- British Columbia.
- British Columbia--Colonization.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Figures and Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Voices of Smallpox around the Strait of Georgia
- 2 Strategies of Power in the Cordilleran Fur Trade
- 3 The Making of the Lower Mainland
- 4 The Fraser Canyon Encountered
- 5 A Population Geography of British Columbia in 1881
- 6 The Struggle with Distance
- 7 Industry and the Good Life around Idaho Peak
- 8 Farming and Rural Life
- 9 Making an Immigrant Society
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-307) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-5408-1
- OCLC:
- 816844183
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