Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890 (2nd Edition)
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Originally published in 1977, and reprinted several tiems since, Contact and Cnoflict remains an invaluable account of the profound impact that white settlement had on Native-European relations in British Columbia after the fur trade ended. Robin Fisher argues that the fur trade had a limited effect on the cultures of Native people. Both Natives and Europeans were involved in a mutually beneficial economic system, and there was no incentive for non-Native...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0774804009
ISBN13:9780774804004
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
Length:282 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
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The benchmark for texts on West coast Euro-Native relations.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
Since the publication of the first edition this text has been the basis for all later works on the subject. This edition also includes an new preface in which Fisher argues against most of the criticism that this book has received. Nonetheless there is no more complete book that surveys the issue available
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