Making Native Space

Informationen zum Autor Cole Harris Klappentext Cole Harris recently retired as a member of the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia and is the author or editor of many books about British Columbia and Canada, including The Historical Atlas of Canada, Volume 1, for which he was the editor, and The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change. Zusammenfassung It presents the most comprehensive account available of perhaps the most critical mapping of space ever undertaken in BC – the drawing of the lines that separated the tiny plots of land reserved for Native people from the rest. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: The Colonial Period1 The Imperial Background2 The Douglas Years, 1850-643 Ideology and Land Policy, 1864-71Part 2: Province and Dominion4 The Confederation Years, 1871-765 The Joint Indian Reserve Commission, 1876-786 Sproat and the Native Voice, 1878-80Part 3: Filling in the Map7 O'Reilly, Bureaucracy, and Reserves, 1880-988 Imposing a Solution, 1898-1938Part 4: Land and Livelihood9 Native Space10 Towards a Postcolonial Land PolicyAppendix: Indian Reserves in British Columbia during the Colonial PeriodNotesSource Notes for MapsBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Cole Harris, R. Cole Harris
• Publisher: University Of British Columbia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9780774809016
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-0901-6
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies; Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies; Brenda and David McLean Canadi
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories