On the Cusp of Contact: Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

by Jean Barman

Book Overview

"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 of individuals and groups disadvantaged in white settler...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550178962
• ISBN13: 9781550178968
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"