Pacific Empires
Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams
A new interest in European maritime exploration was aroused with the publication of the first volume of J.C. Beaglehole's edition of The Journals of Captain James Cook in 1955. In the forty-odd years since then ...
Fort Langley Journals, 1827-30
Contains a wealth of information about social and administrative life at Fort Langley.
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.
Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-67
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.
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.
The Great War of Words
British, American and Canadian Propaganda and Fiction, 1914-1933
The hitherto unknown story of the secret collaboration between the government and leading writers of the early 1900s – including H.G. Wells, John Buchan and John Galsworthy – to create a propaganda machine against the invading Huns.
The Love of a Prince
Bonnie Prince Charlie in France 1744-1748
The product of a decade of research in the Stuart Papers at Windsor Castle, this revealing history of Bonnie Prince Charlie brings to light a fascinating new details of the prince's life, including evidence of a short-lived son, born in Paris scarcely two years after the royal fugitive escaped to France following the unlucky Battle of Culloden.