Landscapes and social transformations on the Northwest coast : colonial encounters in the Fraser Valley /

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The Fraser Valley in British Columbia has been viewed historically as a typical setting of Indigenous-white interaction. Jeff Oliver now reexamines the social history of this region from pre-contact to the violent upheavals of nineteenth and early twentieth century colonialism to argue that the domi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oliver, Jeff, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2010.
Series:Archaeology of colonialism in native North America.
Subjects:
Cultural landscapes > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley.
Social archaeology > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley.
Human ecology > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley.
Material culture > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley.
Land settlement > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley > History.
Colonization > Social aspects > History.
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples > British Columbia > Fraser River Valley.
Paysages culturels > Colombie-Britannique > Fraser, Vallée du.
Archéologie sociale > Colombie-Britannique > Fraser, Vallée du.
Écologie humaine > Colombie-Britannique > Fraser, Vallée du.
Culture matérielle > Colombie-Britannique > Fraser, Vallée du.
Colonisation intérieure > Colombie-Britannique > Fraser, Vallée du > Histoire.
Colonisation > Aspect social > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Colonization > Social aspects
Cultural landscapes
Historical geography
Human ecology
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
Land settlement
Material culture
Social archaeology
Social conditions
Landschaftsentwicklung.
Kulturwandel.
Sozialer Wandel.
Indianer.
Weiße.
Fraser River Valley (B.C.) > Historical geography.
Fraser River Valley (B.C.) > Social conditions.
Fraser, Vallée du (C.-B.) > Géographie historique.
Fraser, Vallée du (C.-B.) > Conditions sociales.
British Columbia > Fraser River Valley
Fraser River.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • Constructing an Aboriginal landscape
  • Beyond the water's edge
  • Between stories and the landscape
  • Ambiguity and geographic truths
  • Toward the colonization of opinion
  • The paradox of progress
  • Ties that bind, lines that divide
  • A view from the ground.

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