The Heavens Are Changing

The Heavens Are Changing
Author: Susan Neylan
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780773525733

A study of Protestant missionization among the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples of the North Pacific Coast of British Columbia during the latter half of the nineteenth century

The Bewick Collector

The Bewick Collector
Author: Thomas Hugo
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2022-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 3752579862

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866. Including Cuts, in various States, for Books and Pamphlets, private Gentlemen, public Companies, Exhibitions, Races, Newspapers, Shop Cards, Invoice Heads, Bar Bills, Coal Certificates, Broadsides, and other miscellaneous Purposes, and Wood Blocks.

Parliamentary Papers

Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 904
Release: 1900
Genre: Bills, Legislative
ISBN:

The Skeena, River of Destiny

The Skeena, River of Destiny
Author: R. Geddes Large
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781895811193

A British Columbia classic, this book celebrates the pioneer spirit of the northern BC coast and Skeena River watershed. First published in 1958, the book is a story of magnificent individuals, daring deeds, conquests and failures. The land, the people and their common destiny are captured in the author's personal spirit and words. Dr. Large bequeathed his writings to the Museum of Northern British Columbia, which prepared this edition, incorporating many photographs from the Wrathall Collection that document the Skeena River area from 1908 to 1960.

Contact and Conflict

Contact and Conflict
Author: Robin Fisher
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0774844620

Originally published in 1977, Contact and Conflict has remained an important book, which has inspired numerous scholars to examine further the relationships between the Indians and the Europeans -- fur traders as well as settlers. For this edition, Robin Fisher has written a new introduction in which he surveys the literature since 1977 and comments on any new insights into these relationships.

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry
Author: Carola Hicks
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2011-07-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1407065882

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is one of Europe's greatest treasures and its own story is full of drama and surprise. Who commissioned the tapestry? Was it Bishop Odo, William's ruthless half-brother? Or Harold's dynamic sister Edith, juggling for a place in the new court? Hicks shows us this world and the miracle of the tapestry's making: the stitches, dyes and strange details in the margins. For centuries it lay ignored in Bayeux cathedral until its 'discovery' in the eighteenth century. It became a symbol of power as well as art: townsfolk saved it during the French Revolution; Napoleon displayed it to promote his own conquest; the Nazis strove to make it their own; and its influence endures today. This marvellous book, packed with thrilling stories, shows how we remake history in every age and how a great work of art has a life of its own.

Telling Tales

Telling Tales
Author: Catherine A. Cavanaugh
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774840528

Women played a vital role in the shaping of the West in Canada between the 1880s and 1940s. Yet surprisingly little is known about their contributions or the differences sex and gender made to the opportunities and obstacles women encountered. Telling Tales contributes to the rewriting of western Canada's past by integrating women into the shifting power matrix of class, race, and gender that formed the basis of colonization and settlement. Telling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement.