Index

The Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in British Columbia

My childhood vacations did not involve the sophisticated technology that keeps my children (relatively) quiet in the backseat today. Apart from what I recall to be my endless patience on those long and winding drives...

Review by Darcy Ingram

BC Studies no. 199 Autumn 2018 | Page(s) 188-9

The Management of Super, Natural British Columbia

By Anthony H.J. Dorcey

BC Studies no. 73 Spring 1987 | Page(s) 14-42

federal-provincial relations government control environment pollution control

Mapping my Way Home: A Gitxsan History

British Columbians may be familiar with the landmark Delgamuukw case (Supreme Ct. of Canada, 1997), which established that testimony on based upon traditional knowledge and oral history is valid evidence. But most are limited in...

Review by Jillian Ridington

BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 179-180

Forest Conservation in British Columbia, 1935-85: Reflections on a Barren Political Debate

By Jeremy Wilson

BC Studies no. 76 Winter 1987-1988 | Page(s) 3-32

legislation New Democratic Party conservation environment forestry

The W̲SÁNEĆ and Their Neighbours: Diamond Jenness on the Coast Salish of Vancouver Island, 1935

Anthropologist Rolf Knight launched a new chapter of Indigenous history in 1978 with the publication of his book, Indians at Work: An Informal History of Native Indian Labour in British Columbia, 1858-1930.[1]  In contrast to...

Review by Wendy Wickwire

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 169-72

Settler Anxiety at the Outposts of Empire: Colonial Relations, Humanitarian Discourses and the Imperial Press

In May 1861, the British Colonist, a local newspaper in Victoria, Vancouver Island, reported on a “Horrid Massacre in New Zealand.” According to the Colonist, Maori warriors had launched a surprise attack on a small...

Review by Robert Hogg

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 172-4

Memoir: Early years of Hospital Insurance in British Columbia

By Douglas A. Turnbull

BC Studies no. 76 Winter 1987-1988 | Page(s) 58-81

health insurance coalition government government legislation

The Life and Art of Arthur Pitts

Kerry Mason begins The Life and Art of Arthur Pitts with a question: ‘Why haven’t I heard about this artist?’ (x) By the end of the book the reader is persuaded that we should indeed...

Review by Maria Tippett

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 174-5

Bibliographic Notes on Pre-Confederation “Laws” in British Columbia

By Joan N. Fraser

BC Studies no. 77 Spring 1988 | Page(s) 54-63

law

The Surveillance of Indian Nationalists in North America, 1908-1918

By Hugh Johnston

BC Studies no. 78 Summer 1988 | Page(s) 3-27

immigration race and racism South Asians Vancouver

Windjammers to Eighteen Wheelers: The Impact of Changes in Transportation Technology on the Development of British Columbia’s Fishing Industry

By Frank W. Millerd

BC Studies no. 78 Summer 1988 | Page(s) 28-52

fishing industry trade and commerce depression health insurance government control food processing

The Doctors Versus the Expert: Harry Morris Cassidy and the British Columbia Health Insurance Dispute of the 1930s

By Alan Irving

BC Studies no. 78 Summer 1988 | Page(s) 53-79

depression health insurance government control legislation

“May the Lord Have Mercy on You”: The Rural School Problem in British Columbia in the 1920s

By Donald J. Wilson, Paul J. Stortz

BC Studies no. 79 Autumn 1988 | Page(s) 24-58

education schooling teachers

The United States Consul in Victoria and the Political Destiny of the Colony of British Columbia, 1862-1870

By Charles John Fedorak

BC Studies no. 79 Autumn 1988 | Page(s) 3-23

Colony of British Columbia Colony of Vancouver Island gold rush

In the Spirit of Homebirth: Modern Women, An Ancient Choice

This edited volume of modern BC birthing stories will be a compelling read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in the rich drama of childbirth. Not intended as a scholarly text, the sixty...

Review by Megan J. Davies

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 187-88

The Smallpox War in Nuxalk Territory

Chilcotin Chronicles: Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia’s Central Interior

Review by Jo-Anne Fiske

BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Pages 180-3

British Columbia’s Criminal Abortion History, 1922-1949: A Critique of the Evidence and Methods in the Work of Angus and Arlene Tigar McLaren

By George Emery

BC Studies no. 82 Summer 1989 | Page(s) 39-60

abortion birth control mortality demography women

The Two Economies of British Columbia

By H. Craig Davis, Thomas A. Hutton

BC Studies no. 82 Summer 1989 | Page(s) 3-15

economic development economy interior Vancouver

Crossing Home Ground: A Grassland Odyssey through Southern Interior British Columbia

David Pitt-Brooke is an advocate for the protection and preservation one of British Columbia’s underappreciated landscapes. Rather than looking towards the more iconic mountain peaks and old-growth forests of British Columbia in his search for...

Review by Lauren Harding

BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 185-7

Consumer Education and the Philosophy of Competitive Individualism in British Columbia

By Judith Stamps

BC Studies no. 83 Autumn 1989 | Page(s) 68-93

education textbooks business government control

The Standard of Living of British Miners on Vancouver Island, 1848-1900

By John Belshaw

BC Studies no. 84 Winter 1989-1990 | Page(s) 37-64

Colony of Vancouver Island coal mining cost of living immigration

Building the Power: The Labourers’ Union in British Columbia

This book tells the story of the Labourers’ International Union of North America in British Columbia since 1937 and is intended primarily for workers and retirees associated with the union. It is an insider’s perspective:...

Review by Gordon Hak

BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 189-90

“Line up or roll up”: The Lumber Workers Industrial Union in the Prince George District

By Gordon Hak

BC Studies no. 86 Summer 1990 | Page(s) 57-74

forestry labour force logging strikes and lockouts Prince George

Letters of a Victorian naval officer: Edmund Verney in British Columbia, 1862-65

By Allan Pritchard

BC Studies no. 86 Summer 1990 | Page(s) 28-56

Colony of Vancouver Island aboriginal people Edmund Varney