Review Essays

“Pioneering” Women: Tales of Female Settler Colonialism in BC

By Snowshoe, Buckboard and Steamer

Boom and Bust: The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove

Against the Current: The Remarkable Life of Agnes Deans Cameron

Review by Sally Mennill

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BC Studies no. 211 Autumn 2021 | Pages 115-121

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A Weaving of Books; What Basket Have We Made?

People among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point

Incorporating Culture: How Indigenous People Have Been Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry

Review by Roger Fernandes

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BC Studies no. 208 Winter 2020/21 | Pages 135-140

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Film Review: c’ə snaʔəm: the city before the city

Review by Tyler Hagan

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BC Studies no. 196 Winter 2017-2018 | Page(s) 135-138

Survivance, Signs, and Media Art Histories: New Temporalities and Productive Tensions in Dana Claxton’s Made to Be Ready

Review by Julia Polyck-O'Neill

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BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 129-244

The Quest for the “Real” Franz Boas

Review by Wendy Wickwire

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BC Studies no. 194 Summer 2017 | Page(s) 173-195

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

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

Forest$ustainability: A Rumination on the Once and Future Forests of British Columbia, Provoked by Five Books and a Screenplay

Ground-Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC’s North Coast

Big Trees Saved and Other Feats: e Story of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society

Policies for Sustainably Managing Canada’s Forests: Tenure, Stumpage Fees and Forest Practices

Review by Graeme Wynn

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BC Studies no. 190 Summer 2016 | Pages 115-131

The Long Question of Food and Land

The Light through the Trees: Reflections on Land and Farming

Ginty’s Ghost: A Wilderness Dweller’s Dream

Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

Review by James Murton

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BC Studies no. 184 Winter 2014-2015 | Pages 125-138

BC Narratives of the Great War: Home, Home Away, Loss, and Hope

Review by James A. Wood

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BC Studies no. 182 Summer 2014 | Page(s) 177-204

The World is as Sharp as a Knife: A Review Article

Review by Wayne Suttles

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Captain James Cook and His Times, Master Mariner Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific & The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley: 1769-1845

Captain James Cook and His Times

The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley

Review by John Norris

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BC Studies no. 46 Summer 1980 | Pages 87-91

Looking at Pictures: A Review Essay

Faces of British Columbia: Looking at the Past, 1860-1960

Underlying Vibrations: The Photography and Life of fohn Vanderpant,

Review by Jill Wade

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BC Studies no. 111 Autumn 1996 | Pages 105-12

“Reading” Rock Art: One Sense/Many Senses

Review by Michael M'Gonigle, Wendy Wickwire

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British Columbia in Children’s Books: A Review Essay

Carving a Totem Pole

White Wave

White Jade Tiger

Review by Ron Jobe

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BC Studies no. 112 Winter 1996-1997 | Pages 83-87

“Our Emily”

Beloved Land: The World of Emily Carr

his Woman in Particular: Contexts for the Biographical Image of Emily Carr

Review by Nancy Pagh

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BC Studies no. 114 Summer 1997 | Pages 89-91

Oh Canada – Oh British Columbia

Thirty Million Musketeers: One Canada, For All Canadians

The Institutionalized Cabinet: Governing the Western Provinces

Review by Norman J. Ruff

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BC Studies no. 114 Summer 1997 | Pages 85-108

Border Crossings: A Review Essay

Borderlands: How We Talk About Canada

Terra Pacifica: People and Place in the Northwest States and Western Canada

Review by Elizabeth Vibert

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BC Studies no. 119 Autumn 1998 | Pages 97-103

How to Cook a Deer in British Columbia: Three Recipes and Eighteen Cookbooks

The Flavours of Victoria

Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi

At the Tomato: Recipes and Tales from the Tomato Fresh Food Café

Review by Geraldine Pratt

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BC Studies no. 119 Autumn 1998 | Pages 87-95

The Wave-Lined Edge of Home: A Review Essay

Jedediah Days: One Woman's Island Paradise

On Island Time

Salt Spring: The Story of an Island

Review by Sue Wheeler

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BC Studies no. 121 Spring 1999 | Pages 125-8

New Approaches to the Klondike Gold Rush: A Review Essay

Gold Diggers of the Klondike: Prostitution in Dawson City, Yukon

Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men and Community in the Klondike

Review by Myra Rutherdale

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BC Studies no. 121 Spring 1999 | Pages 121-5

Power’s Dominion: A Review of Recent Writings on Rivers and Hydroelectricity

Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of BC Hydro and its Predecessor

The Business of Power: Hydro-Electricity in Southeastern British Columbia, 1897-1997

Forests, Power and Policy: The Legacy of Ray Williston

Delusions of Power: Vanity, Folly and the Uncertain Future of Canada's Hydro Giants

Transforming Power: The Politics of Electricity Planning

The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River

Review by Bruce Stadfeld

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BC Studies no. 121 Spring 1999 | Pages 115-21

Making Sense of Forestry

Tracks in the Forest: The Evolution of Logging Machinery

Troubles in the Rainforest: British Columbia's Forest Economy in Transition

Clearcutting of the Pacific Rain Forest: Production, Science, and Regulation

Review by Gordon Hak

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BC Studies no. 122 Summer 1999 | Pages 89-92

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

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

What the Horse Has Done For Us

Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers

mayx twixmntm tl q'sapi lats k'ulmstm i snklc'askaxa stories and images about what the horse has done for us: an illustrated history of Okanagan ranching and rodeo

Review by Roderick J. Barman

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BC Studies no. 123 Autumn 1999 | Pages 73-75