Talk and Log
Wilderness Politics in British Columbia
A comprehensive account of the rise of the wilderness movement in British Columbia examines the forest industry's political strategies, and analyzes the inner workings of the policy process.
Fort Langley Journals, 1827-30
Contains a wealth of information about social and administrative life at Fort Langley.
Legends of Our Times
Native Cowboy Life
Throughout the world, the image of the cowboy is an instantly recognized symbol of the North American West. This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of some of the first cowboys – the Native peoples of the Plains and Plateau.
Positioning the Missionary
John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia
This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism.
Plants of British Columbia
Scientific and Common Names of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens
An up-to-date checklist of the current valid taxonomy for all vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens in British Columbia.
Hidden Dimensions
The Cultural Significance of Wetland Archaeology
Scholars from around the globe examine several aspects of wetland archaeology in North America, Mexico, Europe, eastern Siberia, and New Zealand.
Ecology and Management of Sitka Spruce
Emphasizing Its Natural Range in British Columbia
This book is the most recent major work on the ecology and management of Sitka spruce.
The Lillooet Language
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax
This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction.
Trading Beyond the Mountains
The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843
This books examines the Hudson's Bay company exploration efforts beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean from 1793 to 1843 – which led to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America.
Birds of British Columbia, Volume 3
Passerines - Flycatchers through Vireos
The Birds of British Columbia is a complete reference work for bird-watchers, ornithologists, and naturalists who want in-depth information on the province's regularly occurring and rare birds.
The Resettlement of British Columbia
Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change
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.
Life in Stone
A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils
Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils.
Making Vancouver
Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913
Explores social relationships in Vancouver from 1863 to 1913.
Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia
Written by well-known experts, this book provides an up-to-date portrait and analysis of one of the many dynamic faces of BC politics.
Early Human Occupation in British Columbia
A vital contribution to current knowledge about the prehistory in British Columbia, 10,500 to 5,000 years ago.
A Thousand Blunders
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Northern British Columbia
A provocative account of one of the greatest entrepreneurial failures in Canadian history, this book documents the downfall of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which helped develop the north-central corridor of British Columbia – then collapsed dramatically in 1919.
Taking Control
Power and Contradiction in First Nations Adult Education
A critical ethnography of the Native Education Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Captured Heritage
The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts
Douglas Cole Examines the process of anthropological collecting on the Northwest Coast between 1875 and the Great Depression, in the context of the development of museums and anthropology.
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian
Small Shoes for Feet Too Large
Clarence Bolt demonstrates that the Aboriginal peoples of Canada were conscious participants in the acculturation and conversion process -- as long as this met their goals.
The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia
Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer
Kwakiutl String Figures
Kwakiutl String Figures will interest students of comparative cultures and will delight all who have time (and string) on their hands.
Contact and Conflict
Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890 (2nd edition)
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.
A Complex Culture of the British Columbia Plateau
Traditional Stl'atl'imx Resource Use
This volume considers two British Columbia Native communities – the Lillooet and Shuswap communities of Fountain and Pavilion – and traces their development into complex societies.
Life Lived Like a Story
Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders
The life stories of three remarkable and gifted women of Athapaskan and Tlingit ancestry who were born in the southern Yukon Territory around the turn of the century - when storytelling provides a customary framework for discussing the past.
Grassroots Politicians
Party Activists in British Columbia
The first systematic account of party activists at the provincial level in Canada.
Alex Lord's British Columbia
Recollections of a Rural School Inspector, 1915-1936
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.
Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition
The remarkable journal of the 1864 Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition, a four-and-a-half-month journey that describes the island's pristine wilderness, as well as Cowichan, Chemainus, and Comox and the coal-mining town of Nanaimo.
Chiefs of the Sea and Sky
Haida Heritage Sites of the Queen Charlotte Islands
Presents an overview of extensive research carried out by archeologist George MacDonald in the 1960s and 1970s to document the history of the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
A White Man's Province
British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants 1858-1914
A revealing historical account of the complex racism in early British Columbia and the lives and contributions made to the province by its Chinese and Japanese residents.
They Call Me Father
Memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola
These fascinating memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola, a Corsican-born Oblatean who arrived in British Columbia in 1880, reveal the complexity of the work carried out by ordinary missionary priests.
Robes of Power
Totem Poles on Cloth
Not only the first major publication to focus on button blankets, but also the first oral history about them and their place in the culture of the Northwest Coast.
A Narrow Vision
Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada
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.
Vancouver Short Stories
The stories in this collection present the experience of living in Vancouver as filtered through the imagination of some of Canada's most famous writers.
Haida Monumental Art
Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
Combining archeology and ethnohistory, this book presents an integrated framework for understanding the physical structure of a Haida village, through remarkable photographs, site plans and detailed descriptions of fifteen major villages
Totem Poles
An Illustrated Guide
This bestseling guide helps readers interpret and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles -- as ancestral emblems and ceremonial objects, as expressions of wealth and power, as mythological symbols and magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.