Cole Harris

The Resettlement of British Columbia

Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780774805896
• ISBN-10: 0774805897
• Artikelnr.: 31582128

Autorenporträt

Cole Harris

Inhaltsangabe

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 / with Robert Galois
6 The Struggle with Distance
7 Industry and the Good Life around Idaho Peak
8 Farming and Rural Life / with David Demeritt
9 Making an Immigrant Society