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Passing the Buck
Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy
The first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
1995, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
- Copyright year: 1996
Making Vancouver
Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913
Explores social relationships in Vancouver from 1863 to 1913.
1996, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
1996, Shortlisted - Vancouver Book Award, City of Vancouver
- Copyright year: 1996
The Resettlement of British Columbia
Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change
In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers.
1998, Winner - Clio Award (British Columbia), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 1996
Chinese Opera
Images and Stories
This book introduces the reader to this unique theatrical form through an exciting series of photographs of operatic performances from many regions of the country.
1997, Shortlisted - Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Pacific Rim Voices Project
1997, Shortlisted - "Required Reading", Globe & Mail
1998, Shortlisted - George Freedley Memorial Award, Theatre Library Association
- Copyright year: 1997
As Their Natural Resources Fail
Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930
In this groundbreaking study, Frank Tough examines the role of Native peoples, both Indian and Metis, in the economy of northern Manitoba from Treaty 1 to the Depression.
1998, Winner - Clio Award (Prairie Region), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 1996
Trading Beyond the Mountains
The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843
This books examines the Hudson's Bay company exploration efforts beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean from 1793 to 1843 – which led to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America.
1997, Winner - Medal for Historical Writing, Lieutenant Governer
- Copyright year: 1997