Table of Contents

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MAPS In Search of British Columbia First Encounters, 1741-1825 The Trade in Furs, 1789-1849 Impetus to Settlement, 1846-1858 Distant Oversight, 1858-1871 The Young Province, 1871-1900 Population Explosion, 1886-1914 Disregard of Native Peoples, 1858-1945 Growing Self-Confidence, 1900-1918 Reform and Its Limits, 1871-1929 The Best and Worst of Times, 1918-1945 The Good Life, 1945-1972 Equality Revolution, 1945-1980 The Challenges of Leadership, 1972-2006 A New Dynamic The British Columbian IdentityTABLES NOTES REFERENCES

About the Author

Jean Barman is a professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, and is the author of the acclaimed study The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia (1996).

Jean Barman is a professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.