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Book Review

Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America

Eric B. Taylor’s Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America is a synthetic survey of ten waterways. In these fluid vignettes, the author covers the foundational importance...

Review by Daniel Macfarlane

Book Review

Capitals, Aristocrats, and Cougars: Victoria’s Hockey Professionals, 1911-26

Historians generally agree that hockey originated in eastern parts of Canada and later spread westward. In large part, this western migration of the sport followed the pattern of demographic movements. It is then not surprising...

Review by John Wong

Book Review

Step Into Wilderness: A Pictorial History of Outdoor Exploration in and Around the Comox Valley

Drawing primarily on a photographic collection held by the Courtenay and District Museum, Step into Wilderness considers “the theme of people living in the natural world and exploring both the opportunities it provides and the...

Review by Sarah Jacobs

article

Defining the Middle Period (3500 bp to 1500 bp) in Tsimshian History through a Comparison of Archaeological and Oral Records

By Andrew R.C. Martindale and Susan Marsden

BC Studies no. 138-139 Summer-Autumn 2003 | Page(s) 13-50

archaeology oral tradition oral history aboriginal people Tsimshian

article

United States v. Tom and A New Perspective on the Short History of Treaty Making in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia

By Hamar Foster and Allan Grove

BC Studies no. 138-139 Summer-Autumn 2003 | Page(s) 51-84

Colony of Vancouver Island treaties aboriginal people Pacific Northwest

review essay

Writing Religion into the History of British Columbia: A Review Essay
No Better Land: The 1860 Diaries of the Anglican Colonial Bishop George Hills
Catalysts and Watchdogs: BC's Men of God, 1836-1871

Review by Gail Edwards

BC Studies no. 113 Spring 1997 | Pages 101-105

article

Pioneers, Progress, and the Myth of the Frontier: The Landscape of Public History in Rural British Columbia

By Elizabeth Furniss

BC Studies no. 115-116 Autumn-Winter 1997 | Page(s) 7-44

historiography colonialism colonization aboriginal people

article

Jean and Al’s Sense of Place and History

By Jean Wilson

BC Studies no. 131 Autumn 2001 | Page(s) 59-62

literature

Book Review

Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator

Most killer whale stories are sad stories. Jason Colby’s Orca is no exception. The nineteen short chapters take the reader on a deep and dark descent into the live-capture orca fishery that swept through the...

Review by Mark Werner

reflection

Whiteness and BC History in the Age of COVID-19

By Adele Perry

BC Studies no. 210 Summer 2021 | Page(s) 11-20

historiography colonialism COVID-19 race and racism

review essay

Review Article: Determining Okanagan History

Review by Elizabeth Vibert

review essay

Taking Local History Seriously
Chewassen, Tsawwassen or Chiltinm: The Land Facing the Sea
Desolation Sound: A History
Dog Creek: 100 Years

Review by Jean Barman

BC Studies no. 165 Spring 2010 | Pages 101-6

review essay

The Unnatural History of Stanley Park Exhibit, Vancouver Museum

Review by Sean Kheraj

BC Studies no. 161 Spring 2009 | Page(s) 115-24

review essay

Mackenzie King Wasn’t a Libertarian: Drug History and the Forgotten Sixties
Bud Inc.: Inside Canada's Marijuana Industry
Jailed for Posession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation, and Power in Canada, 1920-1961

Review by Christopher Dummitt

BC Studies no. 153 Spring 2007 | Pages 107-15

review essay

Storyeum 2004-2005: Public History on Stage

Review by Meg Stanley

BC Studies no. 145 Spring 2005 | Page(s) 103-6

review essay

Towards an Art History of Northwest Coast First Nations: A Review Essay of Recent Literature
Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens
The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations
Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910

Review by Ira Jacknis

BC Studies no. 135 Autumn 2002 | Pages 187-95

review essay

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Environmental History and the Forests of the North American West
Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913
Vanishing Halo: Saving the Boreal Forest
Tongass: Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest

Review by Bruce Shelvey

BC Studies no. 130 Summer 2001 | Pages 93-104

review essay

History and Memory of the Great War
The Great War: From Memory to History
Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Review by James Wood

BC Studies no. 191 Autumn 2016 | Pages 123-132

review essay

Writing Women into British Columbia History
Henry and Self: The Private Life of Sarah Crease, 1826-1922
Mainstays: Women Who Shaped BC

Review by Adele Perry

BC Studies no. 122 Summer 1999 | Pages 85-88

research note

The Archaeology of 1858 in the Fraser Canyon

By Brian Pegg

BC Studies no. 196 Winter 2017-2018 | Page(s) 67-87

colonization gold rush military history Nlakapamux Fraser Canyon

Book Review

On the Cusp of Contact: Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

No other historian has been able to capture the unique history and diversity of British Columbia as University of British Columbia professor emeritus Jean Barman, whose brilliant career is encapsulated in a select collection of...

Review by Chris Arnett

BC Studies no. 211 Autumn 2021 | Page(s) 137-138

Exhibition, Film, and New Media Review

The Nameless Collective Podcast: Exploring History

Season one of the Nameless Collective, which is produced by Manjot Bains of JugniStyle and hosted by intrepid researchers, historians and archival explorers Naveen Girn, Milan Singh and Paneet Singh, evokes past South Asian Canadian...

Review by Satwinder Kaur Bains

BC Studies no. 210 Summer 2021 | Page(s) 108-109

Book Review

Against the Current and Into the Light: Performing History and Land in Coast Salish Territories and Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Coast Salish Indigenous people never ceded their lands and resources to settlers and have always asserted their sovereignty. Over time, those assertions have taken various forms: petitions, protests, litigation. There have also been cultural assertions...

Review by Sean Kheraj

BC Studies no. 211 Autumn 2021 | Page(s) 141-143

Book Review

Cataline: The Life of BC’s Legendary Packer

The early history of British Columbia is replete with enigmatic and unusual figures but few rival the man popularly known as Cataline. Anyone who has spent time exploring the history of the province will have...

Review by Christopher Herbert

BC Studies no. 211 Autumn 2021 | Page(s) 144-145