Gunboat Frontier: British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-1890

by Barry M. Gough

Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation ofIndian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusingon the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law andauthority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines,and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments ofVancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada. Barry Gough presents new historical evidence provided by theAdmiralty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774801751
• ISBN13: 9780774801751
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.