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  • British Columbia in the Balance

    1846–1871

    by Jean Barman ...
    Esteemed historian Jean Barman brings new insights on the seemingly disparate events that converged to lay the foundation of the present-day province.By examining newly accessible private correspondence exchanged with the Colonial Office in London, Barman pieces together the chain of events that caused the distant colony of British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation as opposed to the very ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On the Cusp of Contact

    Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

    by Jean Barman ...
    “The ways in which we can redress the past are many and varied,” writes Jean Barman, “and it is up to each of us to act as best we can.” The seventeen essays collected here, originally published between 1996 and 2013, make a valuable contribution toward this laudable goal. With a wide range of source material, from archival and documentary sources to oral histories, Barman pieces together stories ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Beyond the West

    A History of British Columbia

    by Jean Barman ...
    British Columbia is regularly described in superlatives both positive and negative - most spectacular scenery, strangest politics, greatest environmental sensitivity, richest Aboriginal cultures, most aggressive resource exploitation, closest ties to Asia. Jean Barman's The West beyond the West presents the history of the province in all its diversity and apparent contradictions. This critically ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest

    by Jean Barman ...
    Jean Barman was the recipient of the 2014 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award.In French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of French Canadians attracted by the fur economy, the indigenous women whose presence in their lives encouraged them to stay, and their descendants. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Iroquois in the West

    by Jean Barman ...
    Series Book 93 - McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
    Two centuries ago, many hundreds of Iroquois - principally from what is now Kahnawà:ke - left home without leaving behind their ways of life. Recruited to man the large canoes that transported trade goods and animal pelts from and to Montreal, some Iroquois soon returned, while others were enticed ever further west by the rapidly expanding fur trade.Recounting stories of Indigenous self ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Iroquois in the West

    by Jean Barman ...
    Series Book 93 - McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
    Two centuries ago, many hundreds of Iroquois - principally from what is now Kahnawà:ke - left home without leaving behind their ways of life. Recruited to man the large canoes that transported trade goods and animal pelts from and to Montreal, some Iroquois soon returned, while others were enticed ever further west by the rapidly expanding fur trade.Recounting stories of Indigenous self ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Abenaki Daring

    The Life and Writings of Noel Annance, 1792-1869

    by Jean Barman ...
    Series Book 88 - McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
    An Abenaki born in St Francis, Quebec, Noel Annance (1792-1869), by virtue of two of his great-grandparents having been early white captives, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Determined to apply his privileged education, he was caught between two ways of being, neither of which accepted him among their numbers.Despite outstanding service as an officer in the War of 1812, Annance was ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Natchez Burning

    A Novel

    by Greg Iles ...
    Series Book 4 - Penn Cage
    Don’t miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MANFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the first novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy—which also includes The Bone Tree and the upcoming Mississippi Blood—an epic trilogy that interweaves crimes, lies, and secrets past and present in a mesmerizing legal thriller featuring Southern lawyer and former prosecutor Penn Cage ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Imperial Plots

    Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies

    by Sarah Carter ...
    WINNER Governor General's History Award for Scholarly Research, 2017WINNER Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize, Canadian Historical Association, 2017WINNER CLIO History Prize (Prairies), Canadian Historical Association, 2017WINNER Gita Chaudhuri Prize, Western Association of Women Historians, 2017Sarah Carter’s Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary

    Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

    This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy.This ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • White People, Indians, and Highlanders

    Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America

    In nineteenth century paintings, the proud Indian warrior and the Scottish Highland chief appear in similar ways--colorful and wild, righteous and warlike, the last of their kind. Earlier accounts depict both as barbarians, lacking in culture and in need of civilization. By the nineteenth century, intermarriage and cultural contact between the two--described during the Seven Years' War as cousins- ... Read more

    $35.09 USD