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The Indian History of British Columbia by Wilson Duff

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The Indian History of British Columbia

The Impact of the White Man

Wilson Duff

Royal BC Museum · Print & ebook · February 19, 2014

Reading lane: Post‑Confederation Canada

First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Wilson Duff's rigorous scholarship.

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Good for fans of HistoryGood for readers who enjoy Post‑Confederation Canada and 19th‑Century History.

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Authors
Wilson Duff
Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Published
February 19, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Post‑Confederation Canada · 19th‑Century History
Reading lane
Post‑Confederation Canada

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  • Post‑Confederation Canada

  • Native American History

About This Book

First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Wilson Duff's rigorous scholarship. It is an excellent overview of the history of the interaction between the First Nations of British Columbia and the colonial cultures that came to western North America. In its 55 years in print, this book has sold more than 15,000 copies and continues to reside on the reading lists of many university and college...

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First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Wilson Duff's rigorous scholarship. It is an excellent overview of the history of the interaction between the First Nations of British Columbia and the colonial cultures that came to western North America. In its 55 years in print, this book has sold more than 15,000 copies and continues to reside on the reading lists of many university and college anthropology courses. Wilson Duff wrote this book as the first in a series. The second was to be the first book in a line of "ethnic histories" on specific First Nations; the third was to cover a thousand or so years before contact with Euro-Americans. Regrettably, he never finished the other manuscripts. But The Impact of the White Man stands alone and is, indeed, a mainstay of anthropology and history in British Columbia. For the first time, this book is issued in a quality paperback size and a more readable type. The original text is virtually unchanged, but the publishers have added more photographs, an appendix updating the names and territories of British Columbia First Nations, a new list of recommended reading, and an index.

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