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The Letters of Margaret Butcher: Missionary-Imperialism on the North Pacific Coast
As a study of missionary imperialism, Mary-Ellen Kelm’s edition of the letters Margaret Butcher wrote from Kitamaat between 1916 and 1919 makes an important contribution to historical conversations about the Haisla, missionaries, and residential schools...
BC Studies no. 155 Autumn 2007 | Page(s) 152-4
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The Seattle Bungalow: People and Houses, 1900-1940
As Janet Ore says in the preface to this book, she seeks to overturn many assumptions associated with the bungalow. First, she wishes to reexamine the universality of its Arts and Crafts credentials and assumed...
BC Studies no. 155 Autumn 2007 | Page(s) 147-8
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Painting the Maple: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Construction of Canada
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 124, Winter 1999
BC Studies no. 124 Winter 1999-2000 | Page(s) 124-5
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The Gurus Gift: An Ethnography Exploring Gender Equality with North American Sikh Women
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 129, Spring 2001
BC Studies no. 129 Spring 2001 | Page(s) 110-11
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A Silent Revolution? Gender and Wealth in English Canada, 1860-1930
A Silent Revolution? is a fascinating study of female capitalists in Victoria and Hamilton at the turn of the twentieth century. Peter Baskerville employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to establish that women were willing...
BC Studies no. 163 Autumn 2009 | Page(s) 136-8
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Backspin: 120 Years of Golf in British Columbia
Arv Olson’s second edition of Backspin expands readers’ acquaintance “with accounts of some of the people, places, and events” that shaped the 120 year history of golf in British Columbia (11). A journalist and golf...
BC Studies no. 178 Summer 2013 | Page(s) 148-149
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People’s Citizenship Guide: A Response to Conservative Canada
People’s Citizenship Guide: A Response to Conservative Canada is just that. It uses Discover Canada, the new Canadian Citizenship Guide, as a launch pad for critiquing the current federal government’s ideological leanings, leanings expressed in...
BC Studies no. 178 Summer 2013 | Page(s) 156-157
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Wrong Highway: The Misadventures of a Misplaced Society Girl
Wrong Highway is the memoir of Stella Jenkins, a middle-class mother of four from Victoria, who in 1948, recently divorced, formed a relationship with Bob Smith, a trapper and labourer. Stella left Victoria with her...
BC Studies no. 178 Summer 2013 | Page(s) 136-137
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Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930
In Hearts and Minds, Dan Azoulay includes part of a 1913 letter from a young woman lamenting her lack of companionship: “although I like Vancouver very much I am not acquainted with many people, and...
BC Studies no. 178 Summer 2013 | Page(s) 144-145
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Making Headlines: 100 Years of the Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun turned one hundred in 2012. To mark this event, reporter Shelley Fralic compiled a (roughly) chronological account of goings-on in the city and at the paper itself. It is not so much...
BC Studies no. 178 Summer 2013 | Page(s) 139-141
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Why Canadian Forestry and Mining Towns are Organized Differently: The Role of Staples in Shaping Community, Class, and Consciousness
Canada’s single industry towns (SITs), especially resource towns, continue to be the focus of considerable academic and policy attention. Canada’s population may be highly urbanized, indeed urbane, with the major metropolitan and even medium-sized urban...