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The so-called land question dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties reverses the usual approach - investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land - to reframe the issue as a history of Crown attempts to solidify claims to Indigenous territory. From the historical-geographic processes through which the BC polity became entrenched in its present territory to key events of the twenty-first century, the authors highlight the unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements.

Wayne Cope has TV to blame for starting him on his long career as an officer of the Vancouver Police Department. He grew up watching gunslingers like James Arness and Richard Boone, inspiring him to join up even before he finished college and his real-life working career has turned out to be more exciting than he could have hoped.

The compelling biography of former British Columbia cabinet minister Bob Williams weaves his political and economical insights with the story of his unconventional life.

A revealing study of two tragic events that took place at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which underline the profound impact the residential school system had on aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century.

Vancouver has a rich and beguiling history. This fascinating book offers stories and images of the people, places and events that have infused it with its distinctive flair and which laid the foundation for the eclectic city it has become. From vaudeville to beatniks, Boris Karloff to Loretta Lynn, Trotsky the Bear to train-hopping dogs, this book is an entertaining, informative, and remarkable tour of Vancouver's awesome past.

Aaron Chapman's latest Vancouver book explores the gritty history of the West End in the 1970s and '80s. Aaron Chapman, the two-time Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award-winning author of such bestselling Vancouver-themed books as Vancouver after Dark and The Last Gang in Town, turns his gaze toward the city's tumultuous West End in his latest opus. The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot.

Interweaving geography, biology and resource economics with history, this is a deft examination of the Strait of Georgia from the 1850s to the modern era.

Delicious everyday Indian recipes from the authors of the multi-award-winning bestseller, Vij's. Pull up a chair--Meeru and Vikram invite you to dinner. The owners of Vij's and Rangoli restaurants in Vancouver have an all-new follow-up to Vij's, the bestselling cookbook that has won numerous awards, including the Cordon d'Or Gold Ribbon International Cookbook Award.

A fascinating compendium of stories chronicling the history of local conservation movements that evolved on seventeen islands in the Salish Sea from the 1980s to the present day. Saving the Islands chronicles the history and evolution of the conservation movement across eighteen islands in the Salish Sea.

Between 1959 and 1966, the late CBC Radio journalist Imbert Orchard travelled across British Columbia with recording engineer Ian Stephen interviewing nearly a thousand of the province's pioneers. The resulting collection (2,700 hours of audiotapes describing both extraordinary events and everyday experiences) is considered by historians to be one of the best sources of primary information about the province. Voices of British Columbia draws 24 stories from this collection to immerse us in daily life in the early 20th century.