Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57
This collection of correspondence – letters sent to Hudson's Bay Company men by their families and loved ones but never delivered – offers a rare and human history of ordinary people, many of whom were the early settlers of the Pacific Northwest.
The First Nations of British Columbia
An Anthropological Survey
A concise and accessible overview of First Nations’ peoples, cultures, and issues in the province.
Tammarniit (Mistakes)
Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic, 1939-63
Strangers in Blood
Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.
Russia in Pacific Waters, 1715-1825
A Survey of the Origins of Russia's Naval Presence in the North and South Pacific
Letters from Windermere, 1912-1914
These letters describe the creation of a shortlived English home in the Windermere Valley of southwestern British Columbia.
In the Way
A Study of Christian Missionary Endeavours
This book examines the work of Christian missionaries - often regarded as relics of an outgrown and mostly discredited colonialism - from a new perspective, combining anthropology with insights from history, sociology, missiology, and theology.
Gunboat Frontier
British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-1890
Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation of Indian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusing on the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law and authority.
Growing Up British in British Columbia
Boys in Private School
Jean Barman explains the appeal of the British model of education, re-creates the ethos of private school life, and analyzes the effect of these schools on the social fabric of the province in the early 20th century.
God's Galloping Girl
The Peace River Diaries of Monica Storrs, 1929-1931
What brought Monica Storrs to embark on a wilderness life in the depressed thirties amidst the hardships of B.C.'s Peace River country - the last North American frontier?
From Maps to Metaphors
The Pacific World of George Vancouver
Now available in paperback for the first time, From Maps to Metaphors, the classic on Vancouver's voyage, illuminates the European and Native experience of the “discovery” of the Pacific coast.
Farming the Frontier
The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846
The first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country.
Clifford Sifton, Volume 2
A Lonely Eminence, 1901-1929
This second colume in a two-part biography examines one of Canada's most controversial politicians during the twentieth century, especially his political activities.
Chinatowns
Towns within Cities in Canada
From instant Chinatowns in gold- and coal-mining communities to new Chinatowns which have sprung up in city neighbourhoods and suburbs since World War II, this is definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada.