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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the 15th century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s and early 1870s. This book shows how a deeply indigenous land was reconstituted in European terms. Num Pages: 1036 pages, 50 b/w illustrations, 106 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1036
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814492
- ISBN
- 9780774814492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Hardback. Sealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814713
- ISBN
- 9780774814713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Hardback. A fascinating exploration of the tavern as a significant and fluid social space in colonial Canada. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b/w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774815758
- ISBN
- 9780774815758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the tavern as a significant and fluid social space in colonial Canada. Num Pages: 240 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815765
- ISBN
- 9780774815765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. This book explores the lives of Indigenous peoples and settlers and compares the emergence of racial boundaries in two Pacific Rim cities - Victoria, British Columbia, and Melbourne, Australia. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816212
- ISBN
- 9780774816212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Hardback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774816397
- ISBN
- 9780774816397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Hardback. Fire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada's postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada's response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South. Num Pages: 297 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBC; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774816830
- ISBN
- 9780774816830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Hardback. These narratives about state-driven megaprojects and technological and regulatory changes reveal how humans make sense of their world in the face of rapid environmental change. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774817233
- ISBN
- 9780774817233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. Taking Medicine challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine by bringing to light the healing work of Aboriginal and settler women in southern Alberta. Series: Women and Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818292
- ISBN
- 9780774818292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Through the study of hundreds of criminal cases, Westward Bound explores how encounters between the courts and ordinary people on the Canadian Prairies contributed to the construction of race, class, and gender hierarchies in a settler society. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774818582
- ISBN
- 9780774818582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Paperback. This fascinating tale of the rivalries and intrigues that played out as Canada secured the Arctic illuminates an under-explored era in Canadian foreign policy. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818681
- ISBN
- 9780774818681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. This book documents the religious beliefs and cultural practices that helped sustain and lend meaning to Chinese bachelors in smaller towns and cities of Manitoba. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, facsims., music, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774819152
- ISBN
- 9780774819152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Hardback. The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774819510
- ISBN
- 9780774819510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. A revealing look at the origins of modern wildlife conservation in Quebec. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 b&w photos, 2 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBTB; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821414
- ISBN
- 9780774821414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. This book holds up the Covenant Chain, the historical treaty relationship between the British Crown and indigenous people in North America, as a model for building an ethic of mutual respect to guide modern treaty disputes and land claims. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 figures and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822459
- ISBN
- 9780774822459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. An exploration of the canoe and its role in Canadian culture, nature, and colonial past. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTP; JFSL; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774822480
- ISBN
- 9780774822480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Hardback. An exploration of how two missionaries in southern Africa and western Canada used their faith and ties to Britain to rearticulate the meaning of indigeneity. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; HRC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774822794
- ISBN
- 9780774822794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.88
€ 101.88
Paperback. Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada is the first work to focus sustained and serious attention on the wider implications of Aboriginal peoples' involvement in sport. Editor(s): Forsyth, Janice; Giles, Audrey R. Num Pages: 536 pages, 8 photos; 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824217
- ISBN
- 9780774824217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada's remote regions. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 1316 pages, 30 maps, 134 photos, 23 in colour, 4 charts, 13 tables, 16-page full-colour insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JPS; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824538
- ISBN
- 9780774824538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Paperback. This provocative book provides a new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan, arguing that it should not be portrayed merely as an irrational outburst of intolerance but as a slightly more extreme version of mainstream opinion that wanted to keep Canada British. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824903
- ISBN
- 9780774824903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15