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Author : Terry Reksten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated History of British Columbia written by Terry Reksten and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book British Columbia written by Patricia Roy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a detailed account of the multitude of experiences within British Columbia, this fifth volume in Oxford's acclaimed Illustrated History of Canada series presents a compact narrative survey of British Columbia's economic, political, and social history, generously illustrated with roughly 150 paintings, drawings, and maps that shed their own light on the province's history.
Author : Robert Craig Brown
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077354089X
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Illustrated History of Canada written by Robert Craig Brown and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than ever, The Illustrated History of Canada is a must-have reference guide for all Canadians interested in the history - and the future - of our country."--pub. desc.
Author : Geoffrey Molyneux
Publisher : Polestar Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780919591189
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (911 download)
Download or read book British Columbia written by Geoffrey Molyneux and published by Polestar Book Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of British Columbia celebrates an enigmatic and beautiful frontier. At the same time, author Geoffrey Molyneux delivers barbs about the corrupt politicians and bizarre development plans that have threatened to compromise this majestic region. With over 100 photographs and excerpts from writers Douglas Coupland and Terry Glavin, this book provides a short but engaging history of Canada's westernmost province.
Author : Daniel Francis
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550175615
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (756 download)
Download or read book Trucking in British Columbia written by Daniel Francis and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by hundreds of previously unpublished archival and contemporary photographs, award-winning historian Daniel Francis delivers a fascinating account of the first hundred years of trucking in BC. Beginning in Vancouver with James Starks first delivery van in 1907, motorized transport exploded in the province, soon traversing every dirt track, hauling logs on temporary plank roads and leading to a frenzy of experimentation and innovation from the failed Renard Road Train and early battery-operated vehicles to some truly impressive purpose-built trucks, many of them manufactured in BC.
Author : Robert Craig Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552635087
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated History of Canada written by Robert Craig Brown and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative one-volume chronicle of Canada from its earliest times. First published in 1987, the 4th edition is fully updated and includes contemporary material on the rise of small government, Native land claims and Canada's post-Cold War role.
Author : Jean Barman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487516738
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The West Beyond the West written by Jean Barman and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Gail Edwards
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442622822
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Picturing Canada written by Gail Edwards and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of children's illustrated books is located within the broad histories of print culture, publishing, the book trade, and concepts of childhood. An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries. Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman illuminate the connection between children's publishing and Canadian nationalism, analyse the gendered history of children's librarianship, identify changes and continuities in narrative themes and artistic styles, and explore recent changes in the creation and consumption of children's illustrated books. Over 130 interviews with Canadian authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, critics, and other contributors to Canadian children's book publishing, document the experiences of those who worked in the industry. An important and wholly original work, Picturing Canada is fundamental to our understanding of publishing history and the history of childhood itself in Canada.
Author : Daniel Francis
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550175325
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Far West written by Daniel Francis and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Columbia's colourful story has been told many times, but until now no one has attempted to relate the chronicle specifically for young readers. From the gold rush to the Gumboot Navy and from "brideships" to W.A.C. Bennett, BC history comes alive in this highly illustrated and vivid account by award-winning writer and historian Daniel Francis. Starting with the story of BC's aboriginal people and their lives prior to the arrival of the Europeans, Far West recounts first contact with early explorers such as Captain James Cook and Captain George Vancouver and the changes the fur trade brought to the "New World." Francis then describes how BC was born, starting with the gold rush and Confederation eras, going through to modern times and speculating on BC's future. On the way we meet interesting characters from BC's history, people such as Frances Barkley, the first European woman to visit British Columbia in 1787; Joe Capilano, who travelled to London, England, in 1906 to explain to the British king how BC's aboriginal people were displaced by white settlers; and Rosemary Brown, a Vancouver social worker who was the first black woman elected to political office in Canada in 1972. Quotes from BC people--past and present--and anecdotal sidebars containing little-known BC facts spice up the text. Geared toward readers aged nine and up and richly illustrated with archival photographs, colourful paintings, maps and original illustrations, Far West is a must-have for every BC family.
Author : Rolf Ludvigsen
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774841516
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Life in Stone written by Rolf Ludvigsen and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in Stone is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils. Each of its chapters is written by a specialist for a general audience, and each is devoted to a separate fossil group that is particularly well represented in the province. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, Life in Stone will provide fascinating reading for anyone interested in learning more about the animals and plants that inhabited British Columbia during prehistoric times.
Author : William McNulty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780968450123
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Richmond, British Columbia written by William McNulty and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry J. Boam
Publisher : London : Sells
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book British Columbia written by Henry J. Boam and published by London : Sells. This book was released on 1912 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a thorough overview of the history of British Columbia, including the province's history and contemporary elements, such as its educational, legal and political systems; its native flora and fauna; its industries and natural resources. The volume also contains numerous photographs of famous residents and landscapes within the province.
Author : Paul Yee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Saltwater City written by Paul Yee and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adrien Gabriel Morice
Publisher : Toronto, William Briggs
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia written by Adrien Gabriel Morice and published by Toronto, William Briggs. This book was released on 1905 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sydney Graham Cannings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rare Freshwater Fish of British Columbia written by Sydney Graham Cannings and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sturgeon, salmonids, minnows, sticklebacks, sculpins.
Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550178388
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (783 download)
Download or read book Iron Road West written by Derek Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Columbia wouldn't exist without the railway; the province was brought into the Canadian Confederation in 1871 in exchange for the promise of a transcontinental line to the West Coast. It was the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1886 that set off economic development in the province, created the city of Vancouver and spurred others to build competing lines. In Iron Road West, Derek Hayes charts the development of the province through its railway lines, using a wealth of photographs and other visuals to show how rails were laid through the wild terrain that characterized much of British Columbia. As railways revolutionized the province, they inevitably incited fierce competition and personal hatreds, creating an exciting frontier-like environment that Hayes describes in vivid detail. The book also covers the emergence of the modern freight railway in British Columbia, including fully automated and computerized trains. An extensive section details our railway legacy, including preserved railways, locomotives and facilities that can still be visited today. Prolifically illustrated, Iron Road West will fascinate not only railway enthusiasts, but anyone with an interest in the history of the province.
Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781926812571
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)
Download or read book British Columbia written by Derek Hayes and published by Douglas & McIntyre Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing, the BC Book Prizes' Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, and the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia. Over 900 maps tell the story of the planners, schemers, gold seekers and fur traders who built Canada's westernmost province. When gold was discovered in quantity in 1858, leading to the gold rush that created British Columbia, the interior of the province was mostly unknown except for the routes blazed by fur traders. Thirteen years later, British Columbia became a province of Canada, and a transcontinental railway was built to connect the land west of the Rocky Mountains with the rest of the country. The efforts of these explorers, fur traders, gold seekers and railway builders involved the production of maps that showed what they had found and what they proposed to do -- the plans and the strategies that created the province we know today. Master map historian Derek Hayes continues his renowned Historical Atlas Series with a richly rewarding treasure trove, bringing to light the dramatic history of British Columbia. Ranging from maps by early Aboriginal inhabitants and by the Europeans who arrived to explore and exploit the province's vast resource wealth -- to the maps drawn by those who, decades later, prepared for war, built dams and tracked murders -- the over 900 maps in this collection, two-thirds of which are published for the first time, reveal the thoughts and plans of the dreamers, explorers and dynasty makers who built today's British Columbia. This is a history of both the dreams that came true and those that didn't -- yet all are part of the dramatic tale of the forging of Canada's western frontier.
