Captain James Cook first made contact with the area now known as British Columbia in 1778. The colonists who followed soon realized they needed a written histor
The distinctive character of B.C., which is found not only in its spectacular environment, but also in its community, its politics and its past, is admirably ca
A compilation of Smith's (history, U. of British Columbia) essays on the influence of American society on Canadian identity. Based on the notion that Canada can