Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation of Indian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusing on the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law and authority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines, and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography: p. [267]-270
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.1/02
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 0774801751 9780774853996
- LCCN
- E78.B9
- LCCN Item number
- G68 1984eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvii, 287 p., [16] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00327099 (OCoLC)243567196 (CaOOCEL)404224
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Illustrations 10
- Preface 14
- PART I: Company and Colony 20
- 1. Dwellers Along the Shore 22
- 2. Tide of Empire 39
- 3. "This Miserable Affair" 51
- 4. The Smouldering Volcano 77
- PART II: Putting Out Fires 100
- 5. Policy Making 102
- 6. Of Slaves and Liquor 112
- 7. Among the Vikings of the North Pacific 122
- 8. Piracy and Punishment 135
- 9. Policing the Passage 156
- 10. The Pulls of Alaska 183
- PART III: Extending the Frontier 194
- 11. The "Customary Authority" Under Dominion Auspices 196
- 12. At Heaven's Command 207
- 13. New Zones of Influence: Nass, Kimsquit, and Skeena 224
- 14. Retrospect 245
- Appendix 252
- Abbreviations 259
- Notes 260
- Bibliography 302
- Index 306
- A 306
- B 307
- C 308
- D 309
- E 310
- F 310
- G 311
- H 311
- I 312
- J 314
- K 314
- L 315
- M 315
- N 316
- O 317
- P 317
- Q 318
- R 318
- S 318
- T 321
- U 322
- V 322
- W 322
- Y 322
