Ged Martin offers a sceptical review of claims that Confederation answered all the problems facing the provinces, and examines in detail British perceptions of Canada and ideas about its future.

This classic in Yukon gold rush literature was originally published in 1900 and has long been out of print.

This is the story of the struggle for social housing in Vancouver between 1919 and 1950.

Michael Gatesfollows the first gold-seekers from their arrival in 1873 until the stampede to the Klondike in 1896, capturing the essence of these early years of the gold rush and chronicling the trials and successes of the hardy individualists who searched for gold in the wilderness.

This book documents Britain's rise to pre-eminence in Canada's Northwest Coast, showing the relentless activities of its commercial interests, the adroit use of its naval power, and the steely resolve of its diplomats.

Originally published in 1977, Contact and Conflict has inspired numerous scholars to examine further the relationships between the Indians and the Europeans – fur traders as well as settlers.

These memoirs invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province.

Examines the demands, accomplishments, and limitations of women advocates and educators against the background of the social and cultural conditions which enveloped them.

This book is about the life of a navy, from its conception in the nineteenth century to its seventy-fifth birthday in 1985.

One of this country's first generation of professional women, Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton championed the cause of child welfare across the country and worked hard for the status of women long before the word "feminism" had passed into everyday language.

A fascinating account of a very atypical Oblate missionary.

This book tells about a frontier region in economic transition. Its focus is the successful adoption of new technology to the particular economic and engineering circumstances associated with the newness or frontier nature of Ontario mining to 1890.

This autobiography traces Shrum's beginnings on a southern Ontario farm to his distinguished academic career as chancellor of Simon Fraser University, head of B.C. Hydro, Robson Square, and the Vancouver Museum.

In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932.

This book describes to what extent the RCMP shaped the northern frontier -- a frontier which steadily shifted, separating territory under actual government control from that in which it was nominal.

Originally published in 1881, this book illuminates the life of Fuhrer and of midwives in Victorian Canada.

Set against the background of Canada's twentieth century transformation from a rural and agricultural society into an urban technological nation, General Pearkes's career makes a compelling biographical study.