British Columbia: Land of Promises (Illustrated History of Canada) - Softcover

Roy, Patricia E.; Thompson, John Herd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195410483 ISBN 13: 9780195410488

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Providing a detailed account of the multitude of experiences within British Columbia, this fifth volume in Oxford's acclaimed Illustrated History of Canada series presents a compact narrative survey of British Columbia's economic, political, and social history, generously illustrated with roughly 150 paintings, drawings, and maps that shed their own light on the province's history.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Roy is at University of Victoria. John Thompson is at Duke University, North Carolina.

Review:

"British Columbia is the fifth in Oxford's splendid Illustrated History of Canada series....At just under 200 pages of richly illustrated text, the book cannot give more than an overview of B.C.'s complex history, but it's a very good overview. All the colourful characters, from Amor de Cosmos
to Bill Vander Zalm, are here, and there are some perspectives that are not included in many other history books, such as the idea that the early history of contact with the province's native peoples was much more violent than the common myth suggests." Quill and Quire

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0195410483
• ISBN 13: 9780195410488
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224