{"product_id":"the-resettlement-of-british-columbia-9780774805889","title":"The Resettlement of British Columbia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Resettlement of British Columbia,\u003c\/em\u003e analyzing the historical geography of distance, disease, and multiculturalism, demonstrates how elegantly and gracefully the social sciences can be written. -- W.H. New * Canadian Literature *\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging provocative, introduction to the early history of the province that only someone of {Harris's] experience and ability could produce ... \u003cem\u003eThe Resettlement of British Columbia\u003c\/em\u003e is a fine book. Full of wonderful insights and candid observations, it offers a nuanced look at the history of Canada's Pacific province ... What distinguishes the collection, however, is Harris's challenge to the reader to re-think some common assumptions, beliefs, and attitudes. -- Bill Waiser * Western Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important book, characterized by its broad, sometimes breath-taking, intellectual and empirical sweep ... a provocative and important book by someone who has given a great deal of thought to the relationship between land and power in Canada. -- Tina Loo * BC Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Voices of Smallpox around the Strait of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Strategies of Power in the Cordilleran Fur Trade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Making of the Lower Mainland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Fraser Canyon Encountered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 A Population Geography of British Columbia in 1881 \/ \u003cem\u003ewith Robert Galois\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Struggle with Distance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Industry and the Good Life around Idaho Peak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Farming and Rural Life \/ \u003cem\u003ewith David Demeritt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Making an Immigrant Society\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404903129431,"sku":"9780774805889","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774805889.jpg?v=1730488002","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-resettlement-of-british-columbia-9780774805889","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}