Author: Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Waters and Water-PowersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Water Powers of British Columbia
Author: Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Waters and Water-PowersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: Bookman's Guide to Americana
Author: Joseph Norman HeardPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818941
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
No descriptive material is available for this title.
A Catalogue of a Very Complete Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relating to the American Civil War 1861-5
Author: Francis Perego HarperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
To the Charlottes
Author: George Mercer DawsonPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 9780774804158
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Details geologist Dawson's 1878 exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The editors have extracted comments from his journals on this area and have appended a separate report of Dawson's on the ethnology of the Native people living in the region. Includes 25 photos by Dawson. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Check-list of Books and Pamphlets Relating to the History of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Water-powers ...
Author: Canada. Commission of ConservationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-power
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Select Documents in Canadian Economic History 1783-1885
Author: Harold A. InnisPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
This second volume of economic documents resumes the story of the development of Canada as told by contemporary sources. Newspaper accounts of economic forces and factors, contemporary writings by statesmen and business men, poems depicting current situations, official documents—all have been included. The volume divides the period into two eras, 1783-1850 and 1850-85. The basis of classification of entries is by topics and geographic sections. It is hoped that the material which follows will amplify and illustrate the blend of materialistic and non-materialistic factors which has determined the nature of Canadian history and will allow students in Canadian universities to study with some degree of fullness the development of the economic institutions of their native land.
Trading Beyond the Mountains
Author: Richard S. MackiePublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the North West and Hudson�s Bay companies extended their operations beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. There they encountered a mild and forgiving climate and abundant natural resources and, with the aid of Native traders, branched out into farming, fishing, logging, and mining. Following its merger with the North West Company in 1821, the Hudson�s Bay Company set up its headquarters at Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River. From there, the company dominated much of the non-Native economy, sending out goods to markets in Hawaii, Sitka, and San Francisco. Trading Beyond the Mountains looks at the years of exploration between 1793 and 1843 leading to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Mackie examines the first stages of economic diversification in this fur trade region and its transformation into a dynamic and distinctive regional economy. He also documents the Hudson�s Bay Company�s employment of Native slaves and labourers in the North West coast region.
The West Beyond the West
Author: Jean BarmanPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442691840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
British Columbia is regularly described in superlatives both positive and negative - most spectacular scenery, strangest politics, greatest environmental sensitivity, richest Aboriginal cultures, most aggressive resource exploitation, closest ties to Asia. Jean Barman's The West beyond the West presents the history of the province in all its diversity and apparent contradictions. This critically acclaimed work is the premiere book on British Columbian history, with a narrative beginning at the point of contact between Native peoples and Europeans and continuing into the twenty-first century. Barman tells the story by focusing not only on the history made by leaders in government but also on the roles of women, immigrants, and Aboriginal peoples in the development of the province. She incorporates new perspectives and expands discussions on important topics such as the province's relationship to Canada as a nation, its involvement in the two world wars, the perspectives of non-mainstream British Columbians, and its participation in recreation and sports including Olympics. First published in 1991 and revised in 1996, this third edition of The West beyond the West has been supplemented by statistical tables incorporating the 2001 census, two more extensive illustration sections portraying British Columbia's history in images, and other new material bringing the book up to date. Barman's deft scholarship is readily apparent and the book demands to be on the shelf of anyone with an interest in British Columbian or Canadian history.