Index

Enlightened Zeal: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670–1870

A Strange and Dangerovs Voyage (1633) was published by command of King Charles I after Thomas James (c.1593-1635) returned from overwintering in James Bay. Dead by 1635, James had nothing to do with the founding...

Review by I.S. MacLaren

BC Studies no. 186 Summer 2015 | Page(s) 160-63

The Legacy of the Nuxalk Food and Nutrition Program for the Food Security, Health, and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia

By Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Karen Fediuk, Charles Nelson, Elizabeth Howard, Suzanne Johnson

BC Studies no. 179 Autumn 2013 | Page(s) 159-187

aboriginal people Bella Coola people Nuxalk food and nutrition

Home to the Nechako: The River and the Land

A Trail of Two Telegraphs: And Other Historic Tales of the Bulkley Valley and Beyond

Pioneer Daughter: Footnotes on a Life in Northern British Columbia

Review by Jonathan Swainger

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Pages 203-05

Plants in Language and Classification among BC First Nations

By Nancy J. Turner, Carla Burton, Jan van Eijk

BC Studies no. 179 Autumn 2013 | Page(s) 135-158

Aboriginal languages ethnobotany botany

Mac-Pap: Memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War

I first read Mac-Pap: Memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War in manuscript form thanks to the invaluable labour-related holdings of the Special Collections Division at UBC Library. While I don’t think it...

Review by Todd McCallum

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 220

Plant Management Systems of British Columbia’s First People

By Dana Lepofsky, Douglas Deur, Nancy J. Turner

BC Studies no. 179 Autumn 2013 | Page(s) 107-133

ethnobotany aboriginal culture agriculture aquaculture plant management

Conversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

Mark Abley was understandably alarmed when an impeccably dressed apparition appeared in his living room claiming to be Duncan Campbell Scott. An accomplished and respected poet, Scott spent over fifty years working in Canada’s Department of...

Review by Keith D. Smith

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 225-26

“The Park…Is a Mess”: Development and Degradation in British Columbia’s First Provincial Park

By Graeme Wynn, Arn Keeling

BC Studies no. 170 Summer 2011 | Page(s) 119-150

mining natural resources parks and reserves conservation Buttle Lake Strathcona Park

Chinuk Wawa: Kakwa nsayka ulman-tilixam ɬaska munk-kəmtəks nsayka/As Our Elders Teach Us To Speak It

In an obscure 1978 dissertation, a linguist named Samuel Johnson demonstrated that most of the countless Chinook Jargon lexica compiled over two hundred years form a few distinct lineages.[1] Joining the ranks of definitive dictionaries...

Review by Dave Robertson

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 199-200

Vancouver’s Playground: Leisure and Sociability on Bowen Island, 1902-57

By J.I. Little

BC Studies no. 171 Autumn 2011 | Page(s) 37-68

Union Steamship Company tourism maritime history Bowen Island Brown Harold

Schooling in Transition: Readings in Canadian History of Education

This collection of essays is edited by Sara Burke, a historian, and Patrick Milewski, a sociologist and former elementary school teacher, at Laurentian University. The title, Schooling in Transition, reflects the editors’ belief that public...

Review by Patrick A. Dunae

BC Studies no. 186 Summer 2015 | Page(s) 165-67

Some Aspects of Chinese Communities in British Columbia Towns

By William E. Willmot

BC Studies no. 1 Winter 1968-1969 | Page(s) 27-36

chinese

Father Pandosy: Pioneer of Faith in the Northwest

Over the course of a ministry that spanned nearly half a century, Catholic missionary Jean-Charles Pandosy witnessed and participated in one of the most dramatic regional transformations in human history. Whereas Pandosy described his mission...

Review by Timothy P. Foran

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 201-02

Patterns of Trade and Investment on the Pacific Coast, 1867-1892: The Case of the British Columbia Salmon Canning Industry

By Keith Ralston

BC Studies no. 1 Winter 1968-1969 | Page(s) 37-45

Encounters in Avalanche Country: A History of Survival in the Mountain West, 1820-1920

Winter in the western mountains of Canada and the United States is a challenging time of year. Encounters in Avalanche Country provides insight into the experiences of trappers, miners, railway employees, and their communities in...

Review by Heather Longworth

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 212-13

The Lowe Brothers, 1852-70: A Study in Business Relations on the North Pacific Coast

By J. Maurice, S. Careless

BC Studies no. 2 Summer 1969 | Page(s) 43118

Colony of British Columbia gold rush business United States Lowe brothers

Railway Rock Gang

Gary Sim worked for BC Rail rock gangs from 1978 until 1987. He gained first-hand experience in many facets of railway operations and maintenance that were the gangs’ day to day work: blasting, tree falling,...

Review by Robert D. Turner

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 218-19

Vancouver Civic Party Leadership: Backgrounds, Attitudes, and Non-civic Party Affiliations

By Robert Easton

BC Studies no. 2 Summer 1969 | Page(s) 19-29

Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE) elections government municipal government non-partisan association political parties Social Credit party

Flight was in his Spirit: The Life of Harry Burfield

First Tracks: The History of Skiing in Revelstroke

First Tracks: Whistler's Early History

Review by David A. Rossiter

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Pages 209-12

The Teachers of British Columbia and Superannuation

By Diane McNay

BC Studies no. 2 Summer 1969 | Page(s) 30-44

teachers labour force elderly

The Wired Northwest: The History of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s

Water Without Borders? Canada, the United States, and Shared Waters

The Columbia River Treaty Revisited: Transboundary River Governance in the Face of Uncertainty

Review by Meg Stanley

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Pages 214-17

The Last Flight of Norseman CF-AXE

By Helen Nordwall

BC Studies no. 2 Summer 1969 | Page(s) 45-60

transportation law Nordwall Helen

Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics

I vividly remember when I first heard the name “Svend Robinson.” I was attending the wedding of a distant cousin I had never met before and have not seen since. At the reception, in Burnaby,...

Review by Joseph Tilley

BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 223-25

Niche and Direct Marketing in the Rural-Urban Fringe: A Study of the Agricultural Economy in the Lower-Mainland and Fraser Valley

By G.C. van Kooten, Alison J. Eagle, Tracy Stobbe

BC Studies no. 167 Autumn 2010 | Page(s) 127-145

economy agriculture Fraser Valley Vancouver